worldly goods
One's earthly property
Worldly goods are material possessions—property, money, and belongings as opposed to spiritual or intangible things.
The phrase often appears in contexts of renunciation or loss: He gave up all his worldly goods to join the monastery.
It suggests the totality of what someone owns in this life.
- earthly possessionsMaterial things one owns
- appliancesPowered household equipment
- artworkVisual creative production
- goldElement seventy-nine
- booksBound written works
material things · creature comforts · ill-gotten gains · ring · real estate · cryptocurrency · chattels · clothing · mammon · collectibles · watch · nest egg · bonds · cash · inheritance · family heirlooms · savings accounts · investments
- morality playsEveryman, morality play, morality tale, Mankind, vice
- vanityconceit, narcissism, ego, self-admiration, self-love
- Bible moneymammon, tithe, alms, mite, shekel
worldly goodsspiritual wealth
Nonmaterial fulfillment and meaning
treasures in heaven · spiritual gifts · divine grace · eternal life · salvation
worldly goodspoverty
Severe lack of resources
renunciation · dispossession · destitution · detachment · asceticism
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