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earthly Definition

earthly (ʉrt̸h)

adjective

  1. of the earth; specif.,
    1. terrestrial
    2. worldly
    3. temporal or secular
  2. conceivable; possible a thing of no earthly good

earthly Related Forms

earth·li·ness noun

earthly Usage Examples

Modifies a noun

  • paradise: In the serene atmosphere of my earthly paradise I would be safe from all evil.
  • ministry: Instead, during his earthly ministry, Jesus is without any visible means of support.
  • tabernacle: If he has to put off this earthly tabernacle, he knows there is a house not made with hands eternal in the heavens.
  • sojourn: In this sense, during His earthly sojourn, the " external glory " was utterly laid aside.
  • kingdom: Into that earthly kingdom will come people who are physical just like we are, who haven't died.

Modifying Another Word

  • only: The church is the only earthly expression of heaven.
  • not: The daughter of enthusiasm, rapture, passion, and despair, she is of the earth but not earthly.
  • equally: In another view, and in a view, for practical application quite as important, they are alike and equally earthly.
  • merely: All others are merely earthly replicas, imperfect because they are bound up in our finiteness, yet illustrating a vital eternal reality.
  • even: The scope of the poetry is not, however, constrained by geographical or even earthly boundaries.