World, the, the name applied in the New Testament to the collective body of those who reject and oppose the spirit of Christ, who practically affirm what He denies, and practically deny what He affirms, or turn His Yea into Nay, and His Nay into Yea.
Definition taken from The Nuttall Encyclopædia, edited by the Reverend James Wood (1907)
Wordsworth, William * Worms