temporality

noun

The condition of being temporal or bounded in time.

noun

Temporal possessions, especially of the Church or clergy.

noun

In English law, the state or character of being temporary: opposed to perpetuity.

noun

The laity.

noun

A secular possession; specifically (in the plural), property and revenues of a religious corporation or an ecclesiastic, held for religious uses: contradistinguished from spiritualities, or matters of which the civil courts have no jurisdiction.

noun

The state or quality of being temporary; — opposed to perpetuity.

noun

The laity; temporality.

noun

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.

noun

The condition of being bounded in time (of being temporal.)

noun

the worldly possessions of a church