worldly goods

collocation in English

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worldly
adjective
uk
/ˈwɜːld.li/us
/ˈwɝːld.li/
relating to or consisting of physical things and ordinary life rather than ...
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(Definition ofworldlyfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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Moreover, within religious communities, worldly goods were equalized and diminished in order to lessen the distractions of temporal comforts and to deny them.
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They tried to find enlightenment through deprivation of worldly goods, including food, practising self-mortification.
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The hunger of the hungry is not appeased, even by piling up loads of worldly goods.
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Her loutish husband had absconded with all of her worldly goods.
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Typically, the person was buried with some of their worldly goods.
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The rich all-right-nickes inwardly despise the rabbi because he is poor in worldly goods and economic security...
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All the worldly goods are outer goods and each person struggles to possess his share of these goods.
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It places requirements upon those who possess worldly goods to use them responsibly, taking into consideration the good of society.
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All can do good in some way; with time or worldly goods... this is our time to do as receivers of grace.
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The "consilia" show how one may attain the end better and more expediently by full renunciation of worldly goods.
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Adherents on the lowest terrace deny themselves all worldly goods and pleasures, donating to the higher terraces all but the minimum needed to remain alive.
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Even so, he kept his fires burning for three years constantly, which brought him more joy than any worldly goods.
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The sources abound in notices on his austerity, rigorous observance of religious duties, and detachment from worldly goods.
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He said he would offer her thy goods instead of my worldly goods.
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Readers were encouraged not to seek worldly goods such as money and power, but to seek internalized virtues.
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He was around people that had very little in the way of worldly goods.
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Occasionally, a widow exchanged her worldly goods for the opportunity to live out her life at the priory which provided room and board until her death.
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Therefore, it was not unusual for their worldly goods to be adorned with symbols, crests and totems that represented some important figure(s) from both the seen and unseen worlds.
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This kind of diversity was part of the philosophy that camp meetings were to be retreats from every day life where participants focused on religious devotion and not worldly goods.
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