'Temporality' definitions:

Definition of 'temporality'

From: WordNet
noun
The worldly possessions of a church [syn: temporalty, temporality]

Definition of 'Temporality'

From: GCIDE
  • 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]