(a) An earthly thing; material wealth, possessions (b) a concern or an activity belonging to the realm of secular human activity, a worldly pursuit [occas. difficult to distinguish from (a)]; (c) pl.……

(a) A man;—used in emphatic negation; for non world-man, not for any man on earth, not for anyone; (b) a man caught up in secular pursuits, one who is concerned with worldly matters. …

(a) The physical or material world, the earth; the land comprising the physical world; the natural world and its creatures; the globe, orb, sphere, etc. of the earth; also in fig. context (b) the……

(a) The material world, the earth (b) a kingdom in this world, a realm; (c) the realm of human existence, this present life; also, the world of men [last quot.]; (d) in hyperbolic expressions: o (in)……