Tran"si*to*ry (?), a. [L.
transitorius: cf. F. transitoire. See Transient.]
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.
Transitory action (Law), an action which
may be brought in any county, as actions for debt, and the like; -- opposed
to local action. Blackstone. Bouvier.
Syn. -- transient; short-lived; brief. See Transient.