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Devoted to worldly interests; mindful of the affairs of the present life, and forgetful of those of the future; loving and pursuing this world's goods, to the exclusion of piety and attention to spiritual concerns.

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  1. a. Devoted to worldly interests; mindful of the affairs of the present life, and forgetful of those of the future; loving and pursuing this world's goods, to the exclusion of piety and attention to spiritual concerns.
  2. adj. marked by materialism
  3. Devoted to worldly interests; mindful of the affairs of the present life, and forgetful of those of the future; loving and pursuing this world's goods, to the exclusion of piety and attention to spiritual concerns. -- World"ly*mind`ed*ness, n.
  4. Devoted to worldly interests; mindful of the affairs of thepresent life, and forgetful of those of the future; loving andpursuing this world's goods, to the exclusion of piety and attentionto spiritual concerns.-- World"ly*mind`ed*ness, n.
  5. s marked by materialism