Temporal


adjective
1.
of or relating to time.
2.
pertaining to or concerned with the present life or this world; worldly:
temporal joys.
3.
enduring for a time only; temporary; transitory (opposed to eternal).
4.
Grammar.

of, relating to, or expressing time:
a temporal adjective, such as recent, or a temporal adverb, such as recently.
of or relating to the tenses of a verb.

5.
secular, lay, or civil, as opposed to ecclesiastical.
noun, Usually, temporals
6.
a temporal possession, estate, or the like; temporality.
7.
something that is temporal; a temporal matter or affair.
adjective
1.
of, relating to, or situated near the temple or a temporal bone.
noun
2.
any of several parts in the temporal region, especially the temporal bone.
adjective
1.
of or relating to time
2.
of or relating to secular as opposed to spiritual or religious affairs: the lords spiritual and temporal
3.
lasting for a relatively short time
4.
(grammar) of or relating to tense or the linguistic expression of time in general: a temporal adverb
adjective
1.
(anatomy) of, relating to, or near the temple or temples

temporal tem·po·ral2 (těm’pər-əl, těm’prəl)
adj.
Abbr. temp.
Of, relating to, or near the temples of the skull.
temporal
(těm’pər-əl)
Relating to or near the bones that form the sides and part of the base of the skull.

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