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.