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EARTHLY CONCERN
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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)