单词 | worldliness |
释义 | worldlinessn. 1. The condition of being worldly; devotion to worldly affairs to the neglect of religious duties or spiritual needs; love of the world and its pleasures (typically regarded as a fault or a sin). ΘΚΠ society > faith > aspects of faith > spirituality > unspirituality > [noun] secularity1395 sieclec1400 worldlishipa1425 worldliness?c1430 worldlihoodc1443 mundanity1506 secularness?1529 carnality1548 carnalness1549 earthliness1549 rudiments of the world1557 Sadduceeism1577 Sadducism1581 earthly-mindedness1603 temporalness1611 worldly-mindedness1621 corporality1628 unspiritualness1642 civility1644 corporeity1653 materialism1822 unspirituality1843 secularism1851 terrestrialism1856 temporalism1872 this-worldliness1872 despiritualization1874 this-worldism1883 this-worldness1930 society > morality > moral evil > evil nature or character > lack of magnanimity or noble-mindedness > [noun] > worldliness worldlishipa1425 worldliness?c1430 worldlihoodc1443 propriety?1504 earthiness1597 worldly-mindedness1621 mundanity1647 terrenity1649 mundaneness1727 materialism1771 ?c1430 (c1400) J. Wyclif Eng. Wks. (1880) 121 (MED) Þes proude possessioners lien on seyntis & sclaundren hem wiþ worldly lif..And þei bryngen forþ poyntis of here worldlynesse whanne þei diden aȝenst holy lif & techynge. a1500 R. Henryson tr. Æsop Fables: Trial of Fox l. 831 in Poems (1981) 35 O fulische man! Plungit in wardlynes To conqueis wrangwis guidis. 1548 N. Udall et al. tr. Erasmus Paraphr. Newe Test. I. v. f. xlii In case thaffeccion towarde thy parent or wife or children..plucketh thee to worldlines, cut of that noysome natural affeccion. c1592 Faire Em sig. A3v Yet may our myndes as highly scorne to stoope To base desires of vulgars worldlynes. 1611 R. Bolton Disc. State True Happinesse 21 He cannot digest such a strict and seuere course; he will not abandon his pleasures of worldlinesse, his palaces, his possessions. 1685 R. Baxter Paraphr. New Test. Mark xii. 37 Hypocrites..who by their long Liturgies, and Ceremonies,..do but cloak their Worldliness, Pride and Oppression. 1707 J. Lacy Warnings Eternal Spirit: 2nd Pt. iii. 18 Correct thy People's Wandrings, Subdue their Pride, Hypocrisy and Worldliness. a1768 T. Secker Serm. Several Subj. (1771) VII. 12 But, supposing we are clear both of Worldliness and Vanity, still what can we answer with respect to Pleasure? 1845 S. Austin tr. L. von Ranke Hist. Reformation in Germany (ed. 2) II. 163 The Latin church stood in need of reform. Its thorough worldliness..rendered this necessary in a religious view. 1884 A. R. Pennington Wiclif viii. 266 The sight of the vice and worldliness of many of the bishops around him. 1905 A. R. Whitham Watchers by Cross ii. 15 Tradition..tells us that she was wealthy, influential and beautiful, and yet before her conversion living a life of worldliness,—more, a life of deadly sin. a1945 E. Pyle in Ernie's Amer. (1990) 134 You come up out of summer heat and green vegetation and worldliness, and suddenly you're driving along in another world. 1973 I. Murdoch Black Prince i. 56 He avoided crossing my mother, but he patently disapproved of her ‘worldliness’. 2004 N.Y. Times (National ed.) 3 Oct. ii. 24/2 For years, the company had been insisting on the worldliness of the brand, making much of its ambassadorial presence in cities from Cairo to Venice. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > doing > activity or occupation > [noun] > business claiming attention > an occupation or affair > affairs > worldly or secular worldshipeOE worldOE worldlinessa1513 inferior1589 a1513 R. Fabyan New Cronycles Eng. & Fraunce (1516) I. lxxxiii. f. xxxii The Saxons..couenaunted wt the Brytons, yt the Brytons shuld entende theyr worldlynes and other necessaries. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, November 2010; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < |
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