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temporal

tem·po·ral

UK/ˈtɛm.pə.ɹəl/ US/ˈtɛmpɜrʌl/ fairly common
adjective (6) noun (1)

adjective

1.

not eternal

  • “temporal matters of but fleeting moment” F.D.Roosevelt
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2.

relating to or demonstrating acapnia

3.

of or relating to the temples (the sides of the skull behind the orbit)

  • “temporal bone”
4.

of the material world

  • “temporal possessions of the church”
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5.

concerned with secular rather than sacred matters

  • “lords temporal and spiritual”
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6.

of this earth or world

  • “temporal joys”
  • “our temporal existence”
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noun

1.

the semantic role of the noun phrase that designating the time of the state or action denoted by the verb

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Origin

From Middle English temporal, temporel (“transitory, worldly, material, of secular society”), from Old French temporel or Latin temporālis (“of time (in grammar), temporary, relating to time as opposed to eternity”), from tempus (“time, period, opportunity”) + -ālis.

Phrases

  • temporal case
  • temporal dead zone
  • temporal deixis
  • temporal distributive
  • temporal hour
  • temporal logic
  • temporal organ

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