2. Noun. the temporal or worldly possessions of the clergy ¹
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Definition of Temporalities
1. temporality [n] - See also: temporality
Lexicographical Neighbors of Temporalities
Literary usage of Temporalities
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Commentaries on the Laws of England by William Blackstone, William Carey Jones (1915)
"4 & 5 (1341), the king may, after the vacancy, lease the temporalities to the
dean and chapter; saving to himself all advowsons, escheats, and the like. ..."
2. New Commentaries on the Laws of England: (Partly Founded on Blackstone) by Henry John Stephen, James Stephen (1858)
"It was also a frequent abuse, that the king would, for trifling or no causes,
seize the temporalities of bishops, even during their lives, ..."
3. Mr. Serjeant Stephen's New Commentaries on the Laws of England: (partly by Henry John Stephen, Edward Jenks (1903)
"I. The first head of the ordinary revenue is of an ecclesiastical kind, viz.
the custody of the temporalities of bishoprics, by which are meant all the lay ..."
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