EARTHLY CONCERN

Pronunciation (US):

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

The concerns of this life as distinguished from heaven and the afterlife

Example:

they consider the church to be independent of the world

Synonyms:

earth; earthly concern; world; worldly concern

Classified under:

Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents

Hypernyms ("earthly concern" is a kind of...):

concern (something that interests you because it is important or affects you)

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