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adverb

Fleshly adv. In a fleshly manner; carnally; lasciviously. (Obs.)

adjective

Fleshly adj.

Of or pertaining to the flesh; corporeal. "Fleshly bondage."

Animal; not vegetable.

Human; not celestial; not spiritual or divine. "Fleshly wisdom." "Much ostentation vain of fleshly arm And fragile arms."

Carnal; wordly; lascivious. "Abstain from fleshly lusts, which war against the soul."

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Etymology of 'Fleshly'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Fleshly" Quotes from Famous Books

... generally all sins of the appetites and passions. Other sins, from their peculiar nature, can only be treated by methods less abrupt, but the sudden operation of the knife is the only successful means of dealing with fleshly sins. For example, the correspondence of the drunkard with his wine is a thing which can be broken off by degrees only in the rarest cases. To attempt it gradually may in an isolated case succeed, but even then the slightly prolonged ...

— Natural Law in the Spiritual World • Henry Drummond

... as sojourners and pilgrims, to abstain from fleshly lusts, which war against the soul; 12 having your behavior seemly among the Gentiles; that, wherein they speak against you as evil-doers, they may by your good works, which they behold, glorify God in ...

— Epistle Sermons, Vol. II - Epiphany, Easter and Pentecost • Martin Luther

... is no conscious personal sin expressed in these sufferings; on the contrary, Paul says, 'For our rejoicing is this, the testimony of our conscience, that in simplicity and godly sincerity, not with fleshly wisdom, but by the grace of God, we have had our conversation in the world, and more abundantly to you-ward.' 2 ...

— The Power of Faith - Exemplified In The Life And Writings Of The Late Mrs. Isabella Graham. • Isabella Graham

... familiarizes itself with the newly-born, fleshly tabernacle it is to inhabit and use for a long or a short time, it broods over the unconscious being, and at the first indication of intelligence, pours into the human brain-cells its own spiritual life, and what thus comes in is there to ...

— Insights and Heresies Pertaining to the Evolution of the Soul • Anna Bishop Scofield

... peak which the party had left for its fleshly sojourn in Egypt. The Liberal party in Canada had once been a free trade party—somewhat before Clark's time. In free trade and the universal franchise had been its life. But Liberalism before 1896 was one thing; afterwards another. Laurier ...

— The Masques of Ottawa • Domino

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