n. I. right in worldly matters, civil or secular law:-- Wylle wé ǽrest, ðæt Godes riht forð gá and woruldriht syððan, Wulfst. 274, 20. Beó on ðære scíre bisceop and se ealdorman, and ðǽr ǽgðer tǽcan ge Godes riht ge woruldriht, L. Edg. ii. 5; Th. i. 268, 5. II. the law that should govern the world:-- Dryhten sceáwaþ hwǽr ða eardien ðe his ǽ healden; gesihð hé ða dómas wonian and wendan of woruldryhte, ða hé gesette, Exon. Th. 105, 25 ; Gú. 28. weorold-riht