Temporalty (Noun)
Meaning 1
In Christianity, members of a religious community that do not have the priestly responsibilities of ordained clergy.
Classification
Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects.
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Meaning 2
The worldly possessions of a church.
Classification
Nouns denoting possession and transfer of possession.
Examples
- The temporalities of the church included vast tracts of land and lucrative businesses.
- As a member of the clergy, Father Michael was responsible for managing the temporalty of his parish.
- The king sought to reduce the church's power by seizing control of its temporalty.
- Throughout the Middle Ages, the Catholic Church accumulated enormous wealth in the form of temporalty.
- The English Reformation led to the dissolution of monasteries and the seizure of their temporalty by the state.