Thesaurus: temporality

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1. n. The state or quality of being temporary; -- opposed to perpetuity.
2. n. The laity; temporality.
3. n. 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.
4. n. the worldly possessions of a church
5. 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.
6. n:100 n the worldly possessions of a church