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Entry 2 senses Webster, 1913

Interim

/ĭn'-tẽr-əm/ · In·ter·im · IPA /ˈɪntəɹɪm/
01 n. The meantime; time intervening; interval between events, etc.
  1. 1.
    The meantime; time intervening; interval between events, etc.
    “All the interim is Like a phantasms, or a hideous dream.” Shak.
  2. 2.
    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.(Hist.)