temporality Meaning, Definition & Usage

Tem`po*ral"i*ty noun

Etymology

L. temporalitas, in LL., possessions of the church: cf. F. temporalité.

Wordforms

plural Temporalities

Definitions

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.