tem·po·ral 1 
(tĕmpər-əl, tĕmprəl)
(tĕmpər-əl, tĕmprəl)adj.
1. Of, relating to, or limited by time: a temporal dimension; temporal and spatial boundaries.
2. Of or relating to the material world; worldly: the temporal possessions of the Church.
3. Lasting only for a time; not eternal; passing: our temporal existence.
4. Secular or lay; civil: lords temporal and spiritual.
5. Grammar Expressing time: a temporal adverb.
[Middle English, from Old French, from Latin temporālis, from tempus, tempor-, time.]
tempo·ral·ly adv.