this-worldly
- a word derived from this-worldliness.
Example Sentences
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In that video, he did not repudiate his faith and spoke well of it, albeit in this-worldly terms.
From Washington Times ● Jun. 6, 2023
It makes the work of holy men and women sound like the this-worldly tasks of the accountant, the mechanic or the dentist.
From Washington Post ● May 6, 2018
Trade is a horizontal activity, carried out between people on the same level, and by definition it is a this-worldly activity.
From Salon ● Mar. 2, 2014
The theologians also argue that a this-worldly heaven and hell are quite in keeping with the Biblical message.
From Time Magazine Archive
And it is all as tranquil and reposeful as dreamland, and has nothing this-worldly about it—nothing to hang a fret or a worry upon.
From Life on the Mississippi, Part 12. by Twain, Mark
