1. Noun
The state or quality of being temporary; -- opposed to perpetuity.
2. Noun
The laity; temporality.
3. 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.
4. Noun
the worldly possessions of a church
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