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(1):

(a.) 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.

(2):

(a.) Lay, as opposed to clerical.

(3):

(adv.) With relation to this life; in a worldly manner.

(4):

(a.) Relating to the world; human; common; as, worldly maxims; worldly actions.

Bibliography Information
Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Worldly'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​web/​w/worldly.html. 1828.
 
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