fleshly

Founding-era definition · Webster's 1828 American Dictionary

FLESH'LY, adjective 1. Pertaining to the flesh; corporeal. 2. Carnal; worldly; lascivious. Abstain from fleshly lusts. 1 Peter 2:11. 3. Animal; not vegetable. 4. Human; not celestial; not spiritual or divine. Vain of fleshly arm. Fleshly wisdom. 2 Corinthians 1:12.
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