temporal
adjective /ˈtempərəl/
/ˈtempərəl/
- (formal) connected with the real physical world, not spiritual matters
- Although spiritual leader of millions of people, the Pope has no temporal power.
- (formal) connected with or limited by time
- a universe which has spatial and temporal dimensions
- (anatomy) near the temple(s) at the side of the head
- the right temporal lobe of the brain
Word Originsenses 1 to 2 Middle English: from Old French temporel or Latin temporalis, from tempus, tempor- ‘time’.sense 3 late Middle English: from late Latin temporalis, from tempora ‘the temples’, plural of tempus ‘temple of the head’.