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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (1)

1. the worldly possessions of a church;
[syn: temporalty, temporality]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

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]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

temporality n 1: the worldly possessions of a church [syn: temporalty, temporality]