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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
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.
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2. The laity; temporality. [Obs.] --Sir T. More.
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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.
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Supreme head, . . . under God, of the spirituality
and temporality of the same church. --Fuller.
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