Tem·po·ral·i·ty n.; pl. Temporalities
1. The state or quality of being temporary; -- opposed to perpetuity.
2. The laity; temporality. [Obs.]
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.
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