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temporality


  2  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  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. 
 
  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. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  temporality 
  n  :  the  worldly  possessions  of  a  church  [syn:  {temporalty}] 




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