Meaning of Temporal

English Translation from English to English dictionary online for the word Temporal

1. 1
   a.

   Of or pertaining to the temple or temples; as, the temporal bone; a temporal artery.

2. 2
   n.

   Of or pertaining to time, that is, to the present life, or this world; secular, as distinguished from sacred or eternal.

3. 3
   n.

   Civil or political, as distinguished from ecclesiastical; as, temporal power; temporal courts.

4. 4
   n.

   Anything temporal or secular; a temporality; -- used chiefly in the plural.

5. 5
   a.

   Of or pertaining to the temple or temples; as, the temporal bone; a temporal artery.

6. 6
   n.

   Of or pertaining to time, that is, to the present life, or this world; secular, as distinguished from sacred or eternal.

7. 7
   n.

   Civil or political, as distinguished from ecclesiastical; as, temporal power; temporal courts.

8. 8
   n.

   Anything temporal or secular; a temporality; -- used chiefly in the plural.