He disliked the worldliness of many bishops around him. From Wordnet, Princeton University.
Other-worldliness is the best alibi a rich man can have. From Wordnik.com. [As I Please] Reference
Criticism of their worldliness has been a common theme throughout Islamic history. From Wordnik.com. [William C. Chittick, Ph.D.: The Meaning of Islam] Reference
On a side note, I think people misinterpreted what I meant by 'worldliness'. From Wordnik.com. [Ce n'est pas un monde virtuel] Reference
Let's hope that "worldliness" is not a concept that dies out with our generation. From Wordnik.com. [that numismatic gave me philatio] Reference
When I use the term 'worldliness', I am merely referring to the 'what it's like to be in that world' quality of a given representation. From Wordnik.com. [Ce n'est pas un monde virtuel] Reference
I think we cheapen the meaning of "worldliness" when we misuse it. From Wordnik.com. [purgatorio] Reference
There is a worldliness which is pure, a hardness of heart which is refined, and a selfishness which is decent and dissembled. From Wordnik.com. [Sermons. Volume The Fourth.] Reference
A shallow and specious other-worldliness has been driven out: an other-worldliness which is really nothing but laziness about this one. From Wordnik.com. [A Preface to Politics] Reference
The worldliness was a veneer. From Wordnik.com. [See Delphi and Die]
She had lost all of her false pride and worldliness. From Wordnik.com. [How Ethel Hollister Became a Campfire Girl] Reference
The once insular system is exhibiting some new worldliness. From Wordnik.com. [Olympian Ambitions] Reference
What if such addiction to worldliness counted against you?. From Wordnik.com. [Who Do You Say I Am] Reference
Everybody in the house followed this impulse of worldliness. From Wordnik.com. [The French Immortals Series — Complete] Reference
Sandy was too fine and self-forgetful to be touched by worldliness. From Wordnik.com. [A Son of the Hills] Reference
Note, also, his 'other-worldliness', for it is a feature that comes into. From Wordnik.com. [The Legacy of Greece Essays By: Gilbert Murray, W. R. Inge, J. Burnet, Sir T. L. Heath, D'arcy W. Thompson, Charles Singer, R. W. Livingston, A. Toynbee, A. E. Zimmern, Percy Gardner, Sir Reginald Blomfield] Reference
He has learnt his last lesson in worldliness, and his schooling is over. From Wordnik.com. [The Life of Duty, v. 2 A year's plain sermons on the Gospels or Epistles] Reference
In his movies, he projected a carefree worldliness that Marco knew to be a facade. From Wordnik.com. [The Arab Bank] Reference
Then worldliness, as it must to all wildly popular conventions, came to San Diego. From Wordnik.com. [BALTIMORE COMIC-CON: Has it become the supreme antidote to San Diego?] Reference
When nuns have relapsed from other-worldliness to this-worldliness how have they been?. From Wordnik.com. [The Darrow Enigma] Reference
Some have fallen into worldliness and a fashionable life, and are broken down under it. From Wordnik.com. [The Education of American Girls] Reference
These new repatriates bring a worldliness and an openness their parents 'generation lacks. From Wordnik.com. [Turkish Delight] Reference
Ingrid was flattered and a little awed by Ginny, who exuded sophistication and worldliness. From Wordnik.com. [I don't have a gun and I don't have you] Reference
In my time I have seen worldliness not only enthralling obviously and professedly worldly men. From Wordnik.com. [The Wesleyan Methodist Pulpit in Malvern Sermons Preached at the Opening Services of the Wesleyan Methodist Chapel, in 1866] Reference
But the Sufis were either consumed in "other worldliness" or digressing from the core of Sufism. From Wordnik.com. [Fahad Faruqui: Sufi Islam: Reclaiming Muslim Spirituality] Reference
There is in this land, too, an absorbing of men in worldliness: this, perhaps, comes nearer to us. From Wordnik.com. [The Wesleyan Methodist Pulpit in Malvern Sermons Preached at the Opening Services of the Wesleyan Methodist Chapel, in 1866] Reference
He made claims about political connections, his worldliness, and I wasn't sure that he could back it up. From Wordnik.com. [Meredith Fineman: Fifty First (J)Date: 13 - Separating the Men from the Boys] Reference
Poverty may tempt a man to dishonesty; and riches may lead him to avarice, hardness of heart, worldliness and extravagance. From Wordnik.com. [An Explanation of Luther's Small Catechism] Reference
He gave the impression of extreme cleverness, of intellect held in reserve behind a facade of worldliness, of light clever talk. From Wordnik.com. [Valley of the Croen] Reference
The spirit of worldliness, like an unclean, insurgent flood, would enter and possess the entire realm of human life and service. From Wordnik.com. [My Daily Meditation for the Circling Year] Reference
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