temporal
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1. temporal - Noun
2. temporal - Adjective
3. temporal - Adjective Satellite
Meaning
Of or pertaining to the temple or temples; as, the temporal bone; a temporal artery.
Of or pertaining to time, that is, to the present life, or this world; secular, as distinguished from sacred or eternal.
Civil or political, as distinguished from ecclesiastical; as, temporal power; temporal courts.
Anything temporal or secular; a temporality; -- used chiefly in the plural.
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worldly goods and advancement
temporal possessions of the church
temporal joys
our temporal existence
temporal matters of but fleeting moment
temporal bone