Tem`po*ral"i*ty (?), n.; pl.
Temporalities (#). [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.
Tem`po*ral"i*ty (?), n.; pl.
Temporalities (#). [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.
