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Dictionary definition for: Temporal

1. (n) the semantic role of the noun phrase that designating the time of the state or action denoted by the verb

2. (s) not eternal; "temporal matters of but fleeting moment"- F.D.Roosevelt

3. (a) of or relating to or limited by time; "temporal processing" "temporal dimensions" "temporal and spacial boundaries" "music is a temporal art"

4. (a) of or relating to the temples (the sides of the skull behind the orbit) "temporal bone"

5. (s) of the material world; "temporal possessions of the church"

6. (s) concerned with secular rather than sacred matters; "lords temporal and spiritual"

7. (s) of this earth or world; "temporal joys" "our temporal existence"

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