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Synonyms for carnality


Grammar : Noun
Spell : kahr-nl
Phonetic Transcription : ˈkɑr nl



Définition of carnality

Origin :
  • early 15c., "sensuality," from Late Latin carnalitas, from Latin carnalis (see carnal). Meaning "state of being flesh, fleshliness" is from mid-15c.
  • noun sensuality
Example sentences :
  • They claim that no thought of carnality ever enters into their feelings.
  • Extract from : « Religion and Lust » by James Weir
  • Divisions are the outgrowth of carnality and not of the Spirit of God.
  • Extract from : « Sanctification » by J. W. Byers
  • Paul was not afraid of severe measures where carnality was concerned.
  • Extract from : « My Daily Meditation for the Circling Year » by John Henry Jowett
  • And she would take his words of the spirit and make them to pander to her own carnality.
  • Extract from : « The Rainbow » by D. H. (David Herbert) Lawrence
  • Their mutual glances should be free from all suggestion of carnality.
  • Extract from : « A Guide to Health » by Mahatma Gandhi
  • Pride and nearly every other manifestation of carnality were manifest.
  • Extract from : « Birth of a Reformation » by Andrew Byers
  • The first was Tlazolteotl, that is to say 'the goddess of carnality.'
  • Extract from : « The Works of Hubert Howe Bancroft, Volume 3 » by Hubert Howe Bancroft
  • Scourging purifies the body from carnality; that is one motive.
  • Extract from : « The Mediaeval Mind (Volume I of II) » by Henry Osborn Taylor
  • Were he but a physical organism, carnality would have satisfied his cravings.
  • Extract from : « Phases of an Inferior Planet » by Ellen Glasgow
  • I am sure that to them the invocation of Beelzebub is a prelibation of carnality.
  • Extract from : « L-bas » by J. K. Huysmans

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