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worldling

[ wurld-ling ]

noun

  1. a person devoted to the interests and pleasures of this world; a worldly person:

    Those who sought money and treasures were indiscriminately classed as worldlings and apostates.



worldling

/ ˈ·Éɜ˱ô»å±ôɪŋ /

noun

  1. a person who is primarily concerned with worldly matters or material things
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of worldling1

First recorded in 1540–50; world + -ling 1
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Ambitious men caught glimpses of nobler ambitions than their own, and even worldlings confessed that his beliefs were beautiful and true, although ‘they wouldn’t pay’.

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As Wilson writes, “While worldlings were living as though there was no tomorrow, fanatical preachers were warning that there was a tomorrow — the day of God’s fearsome judgement.â€

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I had lived my adulthood as a postmodern man, a worldling of the coasts and cities.

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Art worldlings who harbor resentments against Conceptualism and the necessity of reading labels to understand art will find Broodthaers a trial.

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And do you still use the oaths of worldlings, as you did just now?

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