temporal

/ˈtɛm.pəɹ.əl/

noun

  1. 1

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

adjective

  1. 1

    (also grammar) Of or relating to time.

  2. 2

    Of limited time; transient; passing; not perpetual.

  3. 3

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

  4. 4

    Lasting a short time only.

  5. 5

    Civil or political, as distinguished from ecclesiastical.

    “temporal power; temporal courts”

noun

  1. 1

    Either of the bones on the side of the skull, near the ears.

  2. 2

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

adjective

  1. 1

    Of the temples of the head

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