Found 2 items, similar to Temporality.
English → English (WordNet) Definition: temporality temporality n : the worldly possessions of a church [syn: temporalty]
English → English (gcide) Definition: Temporality 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. [1913 Webster] 2. The laity; temporality. [Obs.] --Sir T. More. [1913 Webster] 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. [1913 Webster] Supreme head, . . . under God, of the spirituality and temporality of the same church. --Fuller. [1913 Webster]