what does worldly concern mean?
WORLDLY CONCERN as NOUN
- Meaning
- the concerns of the world as distinguished from heaven and the afterlife
Synonym(s)
Usage Example(s)
- they consider the church to be independent of the world
Hypernyms(s) worldly concern is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
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