NOUN | possession | temporalty, temporality | the worldly possessions of a church |
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group | temporalty, laity | in Christianity, members of a religious community that do not have the priestly responsibilities of ordained clergy |
Meaning | The worldly possessions of a church. | |
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Synonym | temporality | |
Broader | spiritualty, spirituality, church property | Property or income owned by a church |
Spanish | temporalidad |
Meaning | In Christianity, members of a religious community that do not have the priestly responsibilities of ordained clergy. | |
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Synonym | laity | |
Members | layman, layperson, secular | someone who is not a clergyman or a professional person |
Broader | multitude, masses, mass, hoi polloi, people, the great unwashed | The common people generally |
Opposite | clergy | In Christianity, clergymen collectively (as distinguished from the laity) |
Spanish | laicado, laico |
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