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world 1. the earth as a planet, esp including its inhabitants 2. mankind; the human race 3. the universe or cosmos; everything in existence 4. a complex united whole regarded as resembling the universe 5. any star or planet, esp one that might be inhabited 6. an area, sphere, or realm considered as a complete environment 7. Logic See possible world How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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Once you launch onto the stage, you are liberated mentally from all worldly concerns. This simple but appealing book opens with a biographical section that concentrates on the essential facts: his life of luxury as a young man, his rejection of worldly concerns beginning with his assisting a leper, his decision to leave home for a life of poverty, his founding of the Friars Minor, his influence on the establishment of the Poor Clares, and finally, the love he engendered among his followers. Lanyer's representation of the relationship between spiritual and worldly inheritance shows her desire to avoid simply dismissing the worldly concerns of her dedicatees, and indeed of herself, as insignificant compared with the true treasures of Christian devotion. |
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