In″ter‐im (?), n. [L., fr. inter between + im, an old accusative of is he, this, that.]
1. The meantime; time intervening; interval between events, etc.
All the interim is
Like a phantasms, or a hideous dream. Shak.
2. (Hist.) A name given to each of three compromises made by the emperor Charles V. of Germany for the sake of harmonizing the connecting opinions of Protestants and Catholics.