Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Relating to the physical and especially sexual appetites.
- adjective Worldly or earthly; temporal.
- adjective Of or relating to the body or flesh; bodily.
from The Century Dictionary.
- Pertaining to the flesh; hence, flesh-eating; ravenous; bloody.
- Of the same blood or descent; natural; kindred; german.
- Pertaining to the flesh or the body, its passions and its appetites; fleshly; sensual; lustful; gross; impure.
- Not spiritual; merely human; not partaking of anything divine or holy; unregenerate; unsanctified.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Of or pertaining to the body or its appetites; animal; fleshly; sensual; given to sensual indulgence; lustful; human or worldly as opposed to
spiritual . - adjective obsolete Flesh-devouring; cruel; ravenous; bloody.
- adjective sexual intercourse; -- used especially of an unlawful act on the part of the man.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective relating to the physical and especially
sexual appetites - adjective worldly or earthly;
temporal - adjective of or relating to the body or flesh
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective marked by the appetites and passions of the body
- adjective of or relating to the body or flesh
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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If by _carnal_ the Gnostics meant 'sensual,' then, the apostles in denouncing them for rejecting a carnal Jesus, must have held that
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Where is Hector to command the troll, change, to engage in carnal relations with a vicious predator?
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Where is Hector to command the troll, change, to engage in carnal relations with a vicious predator?
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Lord help us if old Jimmy gets any ideas along those lines, since his idea of carnal is probably a good old nose pick.
Golden Brown Newmania 2007
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This mode of speaking is metonymical, and the word carnal "flesh," is used instead of carnal, by
The Works of James Arminius, Vol. 2 1560-1609 1956
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For if the Gentiles have been made partakers of their spiritual things, their duty is also -- "they owe it also" to minister unto them in carnal things -- (Compare 1Co 9: 11; Ga 6: 6; and see Lu 7: 4; Ac 10: 2).
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It is the policy of Satan, when by his temptations he has drawn men from God and their duty, to rock them asleep in carnal security, that they may not be sensible of their misery and danger.
Commentary on the Whole Bible Volume IV (Isaiah to Malachi) 1721
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General and confused notions of divine things produce in carnal hearts some kind of desires towards them, and wishes of them; like Balaam's wish, to die the death of the righteous.
Commentary on the Whole Bible Volume V (Matthew to John) 1721
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Note, Those deceive themselves who place their happiness in carnal joys; for God in his providence can soon cast a damp upon them and put an end to them.
Commentary on the Whole Bible Volume IV (Isaiah to Malachi) 1721
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Note, Many are puffed up with pride, and rocked asleep in carnal security, by their church-privileges, and the place they have in Zion.
Commentary on the Whole Bible Volume IV (Isaiah to Malachi) 1721
Kristianto2010 commented on the word carnal
When one says, “I am of Paul,” and another, “I am of Apollos,” are you not carnal (mere human beings)? —1 Corinthians 3:4
April 6, 2011
yarb commented on the word carnal
I'm carnal and proud!
April 6, 2011