Category:Temporality

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.