Interim \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.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)