TEMPORAL

I. adjective Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo-French temporel, from Latin ~is, from tempor-, tempus time Date: 14th century 1. of or relating to time as opposed to eternity, of or relating to earthly life, lay or secular rather than clerical or sacred ; civil , of or relating to grammatical tense or a distinction of time, 3. of or relating to time as distinguished from space, of or relating to the sequence of time or to a particular time ; chronological , ~ly adverb II. noun Etymology: Middle French, from ~, adjective Date: 1541 a ~ part (as a bone or muscle), III. adjective Etymology: Middle French, from Late Latin ~is, from Latin tempora temples Date: 1597 of or relating to the temples or the sides of the skull behind the orbits