Earthly-minded

Earthly-minded
Earthly-minded Earth"ly-mind`ed, a. Having a mind devoted to earthly things; worldly-minded; -- opposed to {spiritual-minded}. -- {Earth"ly-mind`ed*ness}, n. [1913 Webster]

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  • earthly-minded — | ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷| ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ adjective archaic : worldly minded * * * earthˈly mindˈed adjective Having the mind intent on earthly things • • • Main Entry: ↑earth …   Useful english dictionary

  • earthly-minded — a. 1. Sensual, sordid. 2. Devoted to this world. See earthly …   New dictionary of synonyms

  • Earthly-mindedness — Earthly minded Earth ly mind ed, a. Having a mind devoted to earthly things; worldly minded; opposed to {spiritual minded}. {Earth ly mind ed*ness}, n. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • earthly — a. 1. Terrestrial. 2. Sensual, sordid, worldly, low, grovelling, vile, base, gross, earthly minded, earth born, earth fed, earth bred, carnal, unspiritual. 3. Natural, merely natural or physical, temporal, carnal, merely temporal, non spiritual.… …   New dictionary of synonyms

  • Minded — Mind Mind (m[imac]nd), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Minded}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Minding}.] [AS. myndian, gemynd[=i]an to remember. See {Mind}, n.] 1. To fix the mind or thoughts on; to regard with attention; to treat as of consequence; to consider; to… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • earthly — Synonyms and related words: Philistine, base, bodily, carnal, carnal minded, conceivable, corporal, corporeal, earth, earthbound, earthy, feasible, fleshly, fluvioterrestrial, geophilous, human, hylic, imaginable, likely, material, materialistic …   Moby Thesaurus

  • Selfishness — (Roget s Thesaurus) < N PARAG:Selfishness >N GRP: N 1 Sgm: N 1 selfishness selfishness &c. >Adj. Sgm: N 1 self love self love self indulgence self worship self interest Sgm: N 1 egotism egotism egoism Sgm: N 1 amour propre …   English dictionary for students

  • material — n 1. substance, matter, stuff, something, materiality, medium; meat, marrow, sum and substance; raw material, stock, staple, store, goods; building blocks, bricks and mortar, sticks and stones, lath and plaster; earth, clay, cement, concrete;… …   A Note on the Style of the synonym finder

  • nonspiritual — adj 1. corporeal, corporal, bodily, fleshly, incarnate, somatic, physical, material; palpable, tangible, sensible, touchable, ponderable, appreciable. 2. wordly, unspiritual, mundane, temporal, earthy, earthly, external; secular, lay, worldly… …   A Note on the Style of the synonym finder

  • Let All Mortal Flesh Keep Silence — An ancient chant of Eucharistic devotion based on the verses taken from Habakkuk 2:20 Let all the earth keep silence before Him taken from one of the books of the 12 minor prophets of Bible. The original was composed in Greek as a Cherubic Hymn… …   Wikipedia

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