TEMPORALTY

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does temporalty mean? 

• TEMPORALTY (noun)
  The noun TEMPORALTY has 2 senses:

1. the worldly possessions of a church

2. in Christianity, members of a religious community that do not have the priestly responsibilities of ordained clergy

  Familiarity information: TEMPORALTY used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• TEMPORALTY (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The worldly possessions of a church

Classified under:

Nouns denoting possession and transfer of possession

Synonyms:

temporality; temporalty

Hypernyms ("temporalty" is a kind of...):

church property; spirituality; spiritualty (property or income owned by a church)

Sense 2

Meaning:

In Christianity, members of a religious community that do not have the priestly responsibilities of ordained clergy

Classified under:

Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects

Synonyms:

laity; temporalty

Hypernyms ("temporalty" is a kind of...):

hoi polloi; mass; masses; multitude; people; the great unwashed (the common people generally)

Meronyms (members of "temporalty"):

layman; layperson; secular (someone who is not a clergyman or a professional person)