Associations to the word «Worldliness»

Wiktionary

WORLDLINESS, noun. The quality of being worldly; familiarity with the ways of the world.

Dictionary definition

WORLDLINESS, noun. The quality or character of being intellectually sophisticated and worldly through cultivation or experience or disillusionment.
WORLDLINESS, noun. Concern with worldly affairs to the neglect of spiritual needs; "he disliked the worldliness of many bishops around him".

Wise words

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