1. (n.) The state or quality of being temporary; -- opposed to perpetuity.

2. (n.) The laity; temporality.

3. (n.) 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.

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