temporality

American  

[tem-puh-ral-i-tee] / ˌtɛm pəˈræl ɪ ti /

noun

plural

temporalities

1. temporal character or nature; temporariness.

2. something temporal.

3. Usually temporalities. a worldly or secular possession, revenue, or the like, as of the church or clergy.

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temporality British  

/ ˌtɛmpəˈrælɪtɪ /

noun

1. the state or quality of being temporal

2. something temporal

3. (often plural) a secular possession or revenue belonging to a Church, a group within the Church, or the clergy

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Etymology

Origin of temporality

1350–1400; Middle English temporalite < Late Latin temporālitās. See temporal ¹, -ity

Example Sentences

Fuentes’s approach to temporality — where “all times are important,” she said, and “no time has ever been resolved” — is a particular touchstone.

From New York Times • Feb. 4, 2024

That’s because Nelson’s sons Lukas and Micah understand their father’s unique position in temporality with an intimacy the rest of us will never comprehend.

From Washington Post • May 2, 2023

It said it has temporality grounded its fleet of SF-260 TP trainer planes.

From Reuters • Jan. 25, 2023

And I feel like practices that are performance-based, that have a durational relation to materials, that are functioning within their own temporality outside of these market calendars — there is a power to that.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 17, 2022

Prudence required that even that sweet scene should be interrupted—only temporality, I hoped—until some plan should be adopted, that would render us more secure against the contingency of our being discovered.

From The Wild Huntress Love in the Wilderness by Reid, Mayne