worldly possession

1. 1.

   a commodity or good associated with the earthly, rather than the spiritual, existence of human beings

   Synonymsworldly good

   Broadercommodity

Questions about worldly possession

What does worldly possession mean?

worldly possession means "a commodity or good associated with the earthly, rather than the spiritual, existence of human beings".

What is another word for worldly possession?

Close synonyms include worldly good. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is worldly possession a common word?

worldly possession is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.