worldling

American  

[wurld-ling] / ˈwɜrld lɪŋ /

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.

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worldling British  

/ ˈwɜːldlɪŋ /

noun

1. a person who is primarily concerned with worldly matters or material things

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Etymology

Origin of worldling

First recorded in 1540–50; world + -ling ¹

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Example Sentences

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worldling

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

From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 29, 2016

A worldling and a wit, Philip Barry is really at home only in a drawing room.

From Time Magazine Archive

This is a troublesome task, for Becket's abrupt shift from worldling to ascetic, from Henry's helpful administrator to his hostile priest, needs probing; indeed, the whole unsimple man who suddenly found God needs probing.

From Time Magazine Archive

Burgess Meredith proves himself the most accomplished of young U. S. actors, neatly running the gamut of middle age and youth, inspired duffer and embittered worldling.

From Time Magazine Archive

The shock changed the worldling to a saint.

From Heroic Spain by Elizabeth Boyle O'Reilly

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