1. the concerns of this life as distinguished from heaven and the afterlife; - Example: "they consider the church to be independent of the world" [syn: worldly concern, earthly concern, world, earth]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
earthly concern
n 1: the concerns of this life as distinguished from heaven and
the afterlife; "they consider the church to be independent
of the world" [syn: worldly concern, earthly concern,
world, earth]