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English Dictionary: temporal	by the DICT Development Group
4 results for temporal
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
temporal adj not eternal; "temporal matters of but fleeting moment"- F.D.Roosevelt of or relating to or limited by time; "temporal processing"; "temporal dimensions"; "temporal and spacial boundaries"; "music is a temporal art" of or relating to the temples (the sides of the skull behind the orbit); "temporal bone" characteristic of or devoted to the temporal world as opposed to the spiritual world; "worldly goods and advancement"; "temporal possessions of the church" Synonym(s): worldly, secular, temporal Antonym(s): unworldly of this earth or world; "temporal joys"; "our temporal existence" n the semantic role of the noun phrase that designates the time of the state or action denoted by the verb Synonym(s): temporal role, temporal
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Temporal \Tem"poral\, n. Anything temporal* or secular; a temporality; -- used chiefly in the plural. --Dryden. He assigns supremacy to the pope in spirituals, and to the emperor or temporals. --Lowell.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Temporal \Tem"poral\, a. [L. temporalis, fr. tempora the temples: cf. F. temporal. See {Temple} a part of the head.] (Anat.) Of or pertaining to the temple or temples; as, the temporal* bone; a temporal artery. {Temporal bone}, a very complex bone situated in the side of the skull of most mammals and containing the organ of hearing. It consists of an expanded squamosal portion above the ear, corresponding to the squamosal and zygoma of the lower vertebrates, and a thickened basal petrosal and mastoid portion, corresponding to the periotic and tympanic bones of the lower vertebrates.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Temporal \Tem"poral\, a. [L. temporalis, fr. tempus, temporis, time, portion of time, the fitting or appointed time: cf. F. temporel. Cf. {Contemporaneous}, {Extempore}, {Temper}, v. t., {Tempest}, {Temple} a part of the head, {Tense}, n., {Thing}.] 1. Of or pertaining to time, that is, to the present life, or this world; secular, as distinguished from sacred or eternal. The things which are seen are temporal, but the things which are not seen are eternal. --2 Cor. iv. 18. Is this an hour for temporal* affairs? --Shak. 2. Civil or political, as distinguished from ecclesiastical; as, temporal power; temporal courts. {Lords temporal}. See under {Lord}, n. {Temporal augment}. See the Note under {Augment}, n. Syn: Transient; fleeting; transitory.