worldly goods (or possessions or wealth)

worldly goods (or possessions or wealth)
worldly goods (or possessions or wealth)
everything that one owns.

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  • worldly goods — ► worldly goods (or possessions or wealth) everything that someone owns. Main Entry: ↑worldly …   English terms dictionary

  • worldly goods — noun all the property that someone possess he left all his worldly possessions to his daughter • Syn: ↑worldly possessions, ↑worldly belongings • Hypernyms: ↑property, ↑belongings, ↑holding * * * …   Useful english dictionary

  • worldly possessions/wealth — ► worldly goods (or possessions or wealth) everything that someone owns. Main Entry: ↑worldly …   English terms dictionary

  • worldly — ► ADJECTIVE (wordlier, wordliest) 1) of or concerned with material affairs rather than spiritual ones. 2) experienced and sophisticated. ● worldly goods (or possessions or wealth) Cf. ↑worldly wealth DERI …   English terms dictionary

  • worldly possessions — ► worldly goods (or possessions or wealth) everything that someone owns. Main Entry: ↑worldly …   English terms dictionary

  • worldly wealth — ► worldly goods (or possessions or wealth) everything that someone owns. Main Entry: ↑worldly …   English terms dictionary

  • worldly — adjective (worldlier, worldliest) 1》 of or concerned with material affairs rather than spiritual ones. 2》 experienced and sophisticated. Phrases worldly goods (or possessions or wealth) everything that one owns. Derivatives worldliness noun …   English new terms dictionary

  • worldly — [[t]wɜ͟ː(r)ldli[/t]] 1) ADJ GRADED Worldly is used to describe things relating to the ordinary activities of life, rather than to spiritual things. [LITERARY] I think it is time you woke up and focused your thoughts on more worldly matters... He… …   English dictionary

  • possessions — I noun assets, belongings, bonorum, capital, chattels, colonies, domain, dominions, earnings, effects, equity, estate, fortune, funds, goods, holdings, items of personalty, material wealth, movables, pecuniary resources, personal property,… …   Law dictionary

  • possessions — n lose your possessions belongings, property, baggage, luggage, paraphernalia, effects, goods, chattels, personal effects, goods and chattels, movables, assets, estate, wealth, riches, temporalities, temporalties, ana OLD aver, worth FORMAL… …   Useful english dictionary

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