fleshliness
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He was austere towards priests like Padre Martinez, the bison-shouldered Mexican at Taos, brazen in fleshliness.
From Time Magazine Archive
When it has rendered to God His due of honour, it gives its own due to itself—that is, hatred of sin and of its own fleshliness.
From Letters of Catherine Benincasa by Saint of Siena Catherine
There is not that sense of heaviness, dulness, fleshliness, in me.
From Life of Father Hecker by Walter Elliott
It was when Stella Schump opened wide her eyes that she transcended the milky fleshliness and the fact that, when she walked rapidly, her cheeks quivered in slight but gelatinous fashion.
From Humoresque A Laugh on Life with a Tear Behind It by Fannie Hurst
The first rule it gives to the soul is that we have mentioned—to render honour to God, goodwill to one's neighbour, and to oneself, hatred of sin and of one's own fleshliness.
From Letters of Catherine Benincasa by Saint of Siena Catherine
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