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temporal1 /temˈpə-rəl/ adjective- Relating to time
- Relating to time in this life or world, opp to eternal
- Worldly, secular, or civil, opp to spiritual, sacred or ecclesiastical
- Relating to tense or the expression of time (grammar)
- Lasting for a short time
ORIGIN: L temporālis, from tempus, -oris time temporality /-alˈi-ti/ noun - The state or fact of being temporal
- That which relates to temporal welfare
- (usu in pl) secular possessions, revenues of an ecclesiastic proceeding from lands, tithes, etc
temˈporally adverb temˈporalness noun temˈporalty noun - The laity
- Lay peers
- (usu pl) worldly possessions
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