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worldly | diplomatic |

As an adjective worldly

is concerned with human or earthly matters, physical as opposed to spiritual.

As an adverb worldly

is in a worldly manner.

As a noun diplomatic is

diplomat.

worldly

English

Adjective

(en-adj)
  • Concerned with human or earthly matters, physical as opposed to spiritual.
  • * 1868 , , Part Two, Chapter Twenty-four: Gossip,
    • These attributes, in spite of poverty and the strict integrity which shut him out from the more worldly successes, attracted to him many admirable persons, as naturally as sweet herbs draw bees, and as naturally he gave them the honey into which fifty years of hard experience had distilled no bitter drop.
  • * , Book 1: Adi Parva, Section LXXXV,
    • Thirst of enjoyment, therefore, should be given up. Indeed, true happiness belongeth to them that have cast off their thirst for worldly objects--a thirst which is difficult to be thrown off by the wicked and the sinful, which faileth not with the failing life, and which is truly the fatal disease of man.
  • * 1889 , , Chapter VIII,
    • The conviction that my personal, worldly life was something real and good constituted the misunderstanding, the obstacle, that prevented me from comprehending Jesus doctrine.
  • * 1910 , , Chapter 1, part 3,
    • We have actually contrived to invent a new kind of hypocrite. The old hypocrite, Tartuffe or Pecksniff, was a man whose aims were really worldly' and practical, while he pretended that they were religious. The new hypocrite is one whose aims are really religious, while he pretends that they are ' worldly and practical.
  • Concerned with secular rather than sacred matters.
  • Sophisticated, especially because of surfeit; versed in the ways of the world.

    • Synonyms

    * material, mundane * (concerned with the secular rather than sacred) lay, profane * (versed in the ways of the world) sophisticated, street-smart

    Antonyms

    * otherworldly, spiritual * (concerned with the secular rather than sacred) clerical, religious, sacred * (versed in the ways of the world) naive

    Adverb

    (en adverb)
  • In a worldly manner.

    • Derived terms

    * worldly-wise

    diplomatic

    English

    Alternative forms

    * diplomatick (obsolete)

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Concerning the relationships between the governments of countries.
    • She spent thirty years working for Canada's diplomatic service.
    Albania immediately severed diplomatic relations with Zimbabwe.
  • Exhibiting diplomacy; exercising tact or courtesy; using discussion to avoid hard feelings, fights or arguments.
    • Thoughtful corrections can be diplomatic as well as instructional.
  • describing a publication of a text which follows a single basic manuscript, but with variants in other manuscripts noted in the critical apparatus
  • * Whereas a diplomatic edition uses as its base text a single, "best" manuscript, to which other textual evidence is collated and organized into an apparatus, a critical text of the LXX/OG may be described as a collection of the oldest recoverable texts, carefully restored book by book (or section by section), aiming at achieving the closest approximation to the original translations (from Hebrew or Aramaic) or compositions (in Greek), systematically reconstructed from the widest array of relevant textual data (including controlled conjecture).'' The International Organization for Septuagint and Cognate Studies, ''Critical Editions of Septuagint/Old Greek Texts .
  • Relating to diplomatics, or the study of old texts; paleographic.

    • Derived terms

    * diplomatic bag * diplomatic flu * diplomatic immunity * diplomatic mission * diplomatic pouch * diplomatic relations

    Noun

    (-)
  • The science of diplomas, or the art of deciphering ancient writings and determining their age, authenticity, etc.; paleography.
  • * 1983 , Theodore Frank Thomas Plucknett, Studies in English legal history (page 151)
    • In its broadest aspect, the subject-matter of diplomatic is the relation between documents and facts.
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