Temporal Definition

tĕmpər-əl, tĕmprəl

adjective

Of this world; worldly, not spiritual.

Webster's New World

Lasting only for a time; transitory; temporary, not eternal.

Webster's New World

Of or limited by time.

Webster's New World

Civil or secular rather than ecclesiastical.

Webster's New World

Expressing distinctions in time; pertaining to tense.

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noun

(anatomy) Either of the bones on the side of the skull, near the ears.

Wiktionary

(chiefly in the plural) Anything temporal or secular; a temporality.

Wiktionary

Any of a reptile's scales on the side of the head between the parietal and supralabial scales, and behind the postocular scales.

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Other Word Forms of Temporal

Singular:

temporal

Plural:

temporals

From Middle English temporal, from Old French temporal, from Latin temporalis, from tempus (“season, time, opportunity").

From Wiktionary
From New Latin temporalis, from Latin tempora (“the temples"), plural of tempus (“temple, head, face").

From Wiktionary
Middle English from Old French from Latin temporālis from tempus tempor- time

From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
Late Latin temporālis from Latin tempora pl. of tempus temple

From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition