temporality
nounThe condition of being temporal or bounded in time.
nounTemporal possessions, especially of the Church or clergy.
nounIn English law, the state or character of being temporary: opposed to perpetuity.
nounThe laity.
nounA secular possession; specifically (in the plural), property and revenues of a religious corporation or an ecclesiastic, held for religious uses: contradistinguished from
The state or quality of being temporary; — opposed to
The laity; temporality.
nounThat 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.
nounThe condition of being bounded in time (of being
the worldly possessions of a church
