01 a. Relating to the world; human; common; as, worldly maxims; worldly actions.
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Relating to the world; human; common; as, worldly maxims; worldly actions.“Many years it hath continued, standing by no other worldly mean but that one only hand which erected it.” — Hooker.
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Pertaining to this world or life, in contradistinction from the life to come; secular; temporal; devoted to this life and its enjoyments; bent on gain; as, worldly pleasures, affections, honor, lusts, men.“With his soul fled all my worldly solace.” — Shak.
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Lay, as opposed to clerical.[Obs.]