\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.
2. The laity; temporality. [Obs.] --Sir T. More.
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.
         Supreme head, . . . under God, of the spirituality
         and temporality of the same church.   --Fuller.