Category:Transitory

Tran"si*to*ry, a. Etym: [l. transitorius: cf. F. transitoire. See Transient.]

Defn: continuing only for a short time; not enduring; fleeting; Evanescent. Comfort and succor all those who, in this transitory life, are in Trouble. Bk. of com. Prayer. It was not the transitory light of a comet, which shines and glows For a wile, and then. . . vanishes into nothing. South. Transitory action (law), an action which may be brought in any County, as actions for debt, and the like; -- opposed to local Action. Blackstone. Bouvier.

Syn. -- transient; short-lived; brief. See transient.