worldly goods

Example Sentences

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If the state and its worldly goods eloped with the secessionists, it could tip the outcome of the Civil War.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 9, 2021

You can use the document simply to let people know how you want your worldly goods to be distributed after your passing.

From Encyclopedia.com • Sep. 19, 2018

Nor does it hold that all persons have a right to an equal share of worldly goods.

From Textbooks • Jan. 1, 2016

Travelers of old spent the nights there with their animals and worldly goods while journeying the Silk Road.

From Seattle Times • May 1, 2015

“I leave it to Pater Leoden to distribute the remainder of my worldly goods among the parish, as, being an immoral soul, I will have no further need of them.”

From "The Name of the Wind" by Patrick Rothfuss