temporal 1
— temporally , adv. — temporalness , n.
/tem"peuhr euhl, tem"preuhl/ , adj.
1. of or pertaining 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. Gram.
a. of, pertaining to, or expressing time: a temporal adverb.
b. of or pertaining to the tenses of a verb.
5. secular, lay, or civil, as opposed to ecclesiastical.
n. Usually, temporals .
6. a temporal possession, estate, or the like; temporality.
7. something that is temporal; a temporal matter or affair.
[ 1300-50; ME (adj. and n.) temporalis, equiv. to tempor- (s. of tempus ) time + -alis -AL 1 ]
temporal 2
/tem"peuhr euhl, tem"preuhl/ , Anat., Zool.
adj.
1. of, pertaining to, or situated near the temple or a temporal bone.
n.
2. any of several parts in the temporal region, esp. the temporal bone.
[ 1535-45; temporalis, equiv. to tempor- (s. of tempus ) TEMPLE 2 + -alis -AL 1 ]