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WORLDLY POSSESSIONS

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Dictionary entry overview: What does worldly possessions mean?

• WORLDLY POSSESSIONS (noun)
The noun WORLDLY POSSESSIONS has 1 sense:

1. all the property that you possess

Familiarity information: WORLDLY POSSESSIONS used as a noun is very rare.

Dictionary entry details

• WORLDLY POSSESSIONS (noun)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

All the property that you possess

Classified under:

Nouns denoting possession and transfer of possession

Synonyms:

worldly belongings; worldly goods; worldly possessions

Context example:

he left all his worldly possessions to his daughter

Hypernyms ("worldly possessions" is a kind of...):

belongings; holding; material possession; property (something owned; any tangible or intangible possession that is owned by someone)

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