noun.
The state or condition of being material; physical constitution or organization; corporeity: as, the old belief in the materiality of heat.
noun.
A material thing; material substance.
noun.
Material character; coarseness; grossness.
noun.
The perception of material substance by the mind; that factor in cognition which is recognized as material.
noun.
The quality of being material; importance; essentiality: as, the materiality of testimony.