living
Definitions
- The state of being alive.
- Financial means; a means of maintaining life; livelihood
- A style of life.
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Those who are alive: living people. countable, uncountable, with-definite-article
- A position in a church (usually the Church of England) that has attached to it a source of income; an ecclesiastical benefice.
Equivalents
Examples
“it's a living”
“What do you do for a living?”
“Career opportunity […] is the one who never knocks — especially not on the doors of women, who are still hooking, housewifing and hairdressing for their livings.”
“plain living”
“The National Brewing Company declared that the Chesapeake Bay region was the Land⟳ of Pleasant Living.”
“in the land⟳ of the living”
“Glad to see⟳ you're still among the living! [good-humored greeting]”
“Some say⟳ that the spirits of the departed walk⟳ among the living, though most of us do not see⟳ them.”
“A Rectory or Parſonage, is a Spirituall liuing, compoſed of Land⟳, Tythe, and other Oblations of the people, ſeparate or dedicate to God in any Congregation, for the ſeruice of his Church there, and for the maintenance of the Gouernour or Miniſter thereof, to vvhoſe charge the ſame is committed.”
“The patron of the living who had the right to nominate⟳ a particular priest might make⟳ the choice, but the living was actually granted by the local bishop.”
CEFR level
A2
Elementary
This word is part of the CEFR A2 vocabulary — elementary level.
This word is part of the CEFR A2 vocabulary — elementary level.
See also
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