temporal

a. [ L. temporalis, fr. tempus, temporis, time, portion of time, the fitting or appointed time: cf. F. temporel. Cf. Contemporaneous, Extempore, Temper, v. t., Tempest, Temple a part of the head, Tense, n., Thing. ] 1. Of or pertaining to time, that is, to the present life, or this world; secular, as distinguished from sacred or eternal. [ 1913 Webster ]

The things which are seen are temporal, but the things which are not seen are eternal. 2 Cor. iv. 18. [ 1913 Webster ]

Is this an hour for temporal affairs? Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Civil or political, as distinguished from ecclesiastical; as, temporal power; temporal courts. [ 1913 Webster ]

Lords temporal. See under Lord, n. --
Temporal augment. See the Note under Augment, n. [ 1913 Webster ]

Syn. -- Transient; fleeting; transitory. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Anything temporal or secular; a temporality; -- used chiefly in the plural. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]

He assigns supremacy to the pope in spirituals, and to the emperor or temporals. Lowell. [ 1913 Webster ]

n.; pl. Temporalities [ L. temporalitas, in LL., possessions of the church: cf. F. temporalité. ] 1. The state or quality of being temporary; -- opposed to perpetuity. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. The laity; temporality. [ Obs. ] Sir T. More. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. That which pertains to temporal welfare; material interests; especially, the revenue of an ecclesiastic proceeding from lands, tenements, or lay fees, tithes, and the like; -- chiefly used in the plural. [ 1913 Webster ]

Supreme head, . . . under God, of the spirituality and temporality of the same church. Fuller. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. In a temporal manner; secularly. [ R. ] South. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Worldliness. [ R. ] Cotgrave. [ 1913 Webster ]