TEMPORAL


Meaning of TEMPORAL in English

adj.1 of worldly as opposed to spiritual affairs; of this life; secular.

2 of or relating to time.

3 Gram. relating to or denoting time or tense (temporal conjunction).

4 of the temples of the head (temporal artery; temporal bone).

Phrases and idioms:

temporal power the power of an ecclesiastic, esp. the Pope, in temporal matters.

Derivatives:

temporally adv.

Etymology: ME f. OF temporel or f. L temporalis f. tempus -oris time

Oxford English vocab.      Оксфордский английский словарь.