temporalities

Meanings

noun

pluralplural of temporality
the temporal or worldly possessions of the clergy
The profits of my living, which amounted to but thirty-five pounds a year, I made over to the orphans and widows of the clergy of our diocese; for having a sufficient fortune of my own, I was careless of temporalities, and felt a secret pleasure in doing my duty without reward
1766, Oliver Goldsmith, chapter 1, in The Vicar of Wakefield

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