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world

Ancestral Lore

Ancestral Lore of world

Old English woruld, worold "human existence, the affairs of life, a long period of time, the human race, mankind, humanity"

In Old English, the common word for "the physical world" was Middangeard (Old Norse Midgard), literally "the middle enclosure"

world noun
See existence, weird

Specifics

Specific examples and quotes of world

“To live in the world without becoming aware of the meaning of the world is like wandering about in a great library without touching the books.”

"The Secret Teachings of All Ages"
by Manly P Hall

The term world war was first mentioned in 1898 as a speculation.

[If through fear of entangling alliances the United States should return the Philippines to Spain, Mr. Page asserted that the predatory nations would swoop down upon them and a world war would result. [New York Times, Dec. 16, 1898]]

The term was applied to the first one almost as soon as it began in 1914.

[England has Thrown Lot with France in World War" — headline, Pittsburgh Press, Aug. 2, 1914]]

Old English had the terms woruldgewinn and woruldgefeoht, which both losely equate to "world war" or "world battle", however, world is meant as "earthly" or "secular."

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~☉~	lucid definition; added layer of lucidity, or aethereal context
⚜	classic definition
☣	artificium definition; usually words which have undergone a warped evolution, or a complete perversion of the original sense