temporalty en · NOUN
Etymology
See temporality.
Meanings
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(obsolete) The laity; secular people.
1606-1609, Robert Abbot, A Defence of the Reformed Catholic of Mr. William Perkins Whereas you alleadge your Catholickely affected in euerie degree not of the Temporalty : only but also of the Clergie, hardly the highest degrees of honour to be expected.
- (obsolete) A secular possession; a temporality.
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| temporalties | Number=Plur | lexicographic |