TEMPORALITY

temporalty, temporality

(noun) the worldly possessions of a church

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

temporality (countable and uncountable, plural temporalities)

The condition of being bounded in time (of being temporal.)

Source: Wiktionary


Tem`po*ral"i*ty, n.; pl. Temporalities. Etym: [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.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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