TEMPORAL

temporal

(adjective) of this earth or world; “temporal joys”; “our temporal existence”

temporal

(adjective) not eternal; “temporal matters of but fleeting moment”- F.D.Roosevelt

worldly, secular, temporal

(adjective) characteristic of or devoted to the temporal world as opposed to the spiritual world; “worldly goods and advancement”; “temporal possessions of the church”

temporal

(adjective) of or relating to the temples (the sides of the skull behind the orbit); “temporal bone”

temporal

(adjective) of or relating to or limited by time; “temporal processing”; “temporal dimensions”; “temporal and spacial boundaries”; “music is a temporal art”

Source: WordNet® 3.1

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Etymology 1

Adjective

temporal (comparative more temporal, superlative most temporal)

(also grammar) Of or relating to time.

Of limited time; transient; passing; not perpetual.

Of or relating to the material world, as opposed to spiritual.

Lasting a short time only.

Civil or political, as distinguished from ecclesiastical.

Noun

temporal (plural temporals)

(chiefly, in the plural) Anything temporal or secular; a temporality.

Etymology 2

Adjective

temporal (not comparable)

(anatomy) of the temples of the head

Noun

temporal (plural temporals)

(skeleton) Either of the bones on the side of the skull, near the ears.

Any of a reptile's scales on the side of the head between the parietal and supralabial scales, and behind the postocular scales.

Source: Wiktionary

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Tem"po*ral, a. Etym: [L. temporalis, fr. tempora the temples: cf. F. temporal. See Temple a part of the head.] (Anat.)

Definition: Of or pertaining to the temple or temples; as, the temporal bone; a temporal artery. Temporal bone, a very complex bone situated in the side of the skull of most mammals and containing the organ of hearing. It consists of an expanded squamosal portion above the ear, corresponding to the squamosal and zygoma of the lower vertebrates, and a thickened basal petrosal and mastoid portion, corresponding to the periotic and tympanic bones of the lower vertebrates.

Tem"po*ral, a. Etym: [L. temporalis, fr. tempus, temporis, time, portion of time, the fitting or appointed time: cf. F. temporel. Cf. Contemporaneous, Extempore, Temper, v. t., Tempest, Temple a part of the head, Tense, n., Thing.]

1. Of or pertaining to time, that is, to the present life, or this world; secular, as distinguished from sacred or eternal. The things which are seen are temporal, but the things which are not seen are eternal. 2 Cor. iv. 18. Is this an hour for temporal affairs Shak.

2. Civil or political, as distinguished from ecclesiastical; as, temporal power; temporal courts. Lords temporal. See under Lord, n.

– Temporal augment. See the Note under Augment, n.

Syn.

– Transient; fleeting; transitory.

Tem"po*ral, n.

Definition: Anything temporal or secular; a temporality; -- used chiefly in the plural. Dryden. He assigns supremacy to the pope in spirituals, and to the emperor or temporals. Lowell.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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