Our navigation bar is loading . . .

 


 

Jesus Christ Saves Ministries

Helping San Diego, California and beyond since 1997.  




 

JCSM's Top 1000 Christian Sites - Free Traffic Sharing Service!


Do you need volunteer, community service, work, military or court hours?

Click here and add this page to your favorites!

Return to the JCSM Study Center!

Encyclopedia Britannica



WORLD

This article appears in Volume V28, Page 832 of the Encyclopedia Britannica.

Encyclopedia Britannica - Main :: WIL-YAK
WORLD , a word which has
developed
  a wide variety of meanings from its
original
  etymological sense of the " age of man," " course of man's
life
 ." In O. Eng. it appears under its true form weoruld, being a compound of wer, man (cf. Lat. vir), and yldo, age, from eald, eld, old. Of the various meanings the
principal
  are the earth (q.v.), as a
planet
 , or a large division of the earth, such as the " old world," the eastern, the " new world," the western hemisphere; the whole of created things upon the earth, particularly its human inhabitants, mankind, the human race, or a
great
  division of mankind united by a common racial origin, language,
religion
  or
civilization
 , &c. A derived meaning is that of social
life
 , society, as distinct from a religious life.


End of Article: WORLD


If you wish, you can link directly to this article.
<a href="http://jcsm.org/StudyCenter/Encyclopedia/WIL_YAK/WORLD.html">
WORLD
</a>
(Previous)
WORKSOP 		(Next)
WORM

 


 
 


JCSM was founded in 1997 and exists to help the community and bring people into a life-changing and productive relationship with Jesus Christ. JCSM offers over 200,000 free web pages, including its weekly inspirational emails that were sent continuously for over a decade.

Jesus Christ Saves Ministries
P.O. Box 9297
San Diego, CA  92169
1-888-887-0417 or Email

JCSM is a 501(c)(3), non-profit organization. Copyright © 1997-2012.
 

 

Sponsored Advertisements

Online First Aid and CPR Certification  .  DHA Solutions  .  PB Happy Hour Specials  .  Improvising Made Easy For Guitar and Bass  .  The Skeptic's Annotated Bible: Corrected and Explained  .  Home Equity Loans  .  First Aid and CPR Online  .  San Diego Music Lessons  .  10,000 Wise Quotes and Spiritual Sayings  .  Blow Up Your Site (For Free!)  .  San Diego DUI Lawyers  .  Jason Gastrich  .  Jordan Faith Gastrich  .  Divorce Secrets Revealed  .  Post Your Ad Link Free  .  San Diego Soccer Training  .  JCSM  .  Download Sermons  .  Custom Religious Banners, Build A Sign  .  Christian Singles Dating  .  Christian T-Shirts  .  Healing Christian Prayer  .  Bumper Authority  .  Personalized Blogs and Email  .  San Diego Haircuts  .  The Do the Math Diet  .  Stop Twitter Spam  .  Christian Conservative Work at Home Network  .  The Website of the Lord