Temporality

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Temporality \Tem`po*ral"i*ty\, n.; pl. {Temporalities}. [L.
     temporalitas, in LL., possessions of the church: cf. F.
     temporalit['e].]
     1. The state or quality of being temporary; -- opposed to
        perpetuity.
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     2. The laity; temporality. [Obs.] --Sir T. More.
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     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.
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              Supreme head, . . . under God, of the spirituality
              and temporality of the same church.   --Fuller.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  temporality
       n : the worldly possessions of a church [syn: {temporalty}]