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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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