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Temporality
Temˊpo-ral′i-ty
,Noun.
pl.
Temporalities
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. [L.
temporalitas
, in LL., possessions of the church: cf. F. temporalité
.] 1.
The state or quality of being temporary; – opposed to perpetuity.
2.
The laity; temporality.
[Obs.]
Sir T. More.
3.
That which pertains to temporal welfare; material interests; especially, the revenue of an ecclesiastic proceeding from lands, tenements, or lay fees, tithes, and the like; – chiefly used in the plural.
Supreme head, . . . under God, of the spirituality and
temporality
of the same church. Fuller.