01 a. Continuing only for a short time; not enduring; fleeting; evanescent.
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Continuing only for a short time; not enduring; fleeting; evanescent.“Comfort and succor all those who, in this transitory life, are in trouble.” — Bk. of Com. Prayer.“It was not the transitory light of a comet, which shines and glows for a wile, and then . . . vanishes into nothing.” — South.
Phrases & compounds
Transitory action —
an action which may be brought in any county, as actions for debt, and the like; -- opposed to local action.