Definitions
Belonging to this world rather than a spiritual or heavenly realm.
Word origin
From Middle English erthely, erthlich, ierðlich, from Old English eorþlīċ, corresponding to earth + -ly. Cognate with Old Norse jarðligr (“earthly”).
Used in a sentence
“The Garden of Earthly Delights is full of earthly joys alongside grotesqueries, monstrosities, and torture.”
“The shadows of earth and earthly things, resting omen-like upon the waters, alone shewed which was the home and which the mirror of the celestial host.”
“Where it had been left hundreds of years ago, / Extract from the depth, is but a setting sun, / Paradise is scarce in this light that won’t shine, / What is our earthly task, but a worthy design?”
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01“Of this world”7 letters
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