temporality

[ tem-puh-ral-i-tee ]
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noun,plural tem·po·ral·i·ties.
  1. temporal character or nature; temporariness.

  2. something temporal.

  1. Usually temporalities. a worldly or secular possession, revenue, or the like, as of the church or clergy.

Origin of temporality

1
1350–1400; Middle English temporalite<Late Latin temporālitās.See temporal1, -ity

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British Dictionary definitions for temporality

temporality

/ (ˌtɛmpəˈrælɪtɪ) /


nounplural -ties
  1. the state or quality of being temporal

  2. something temporal

  1. (often plural) a secular possession or revenue belonging to a Church, a group within the Church, or the clergy

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