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 ]

a. [ L. temporalis, fr. tempora the temples: cf. F. temporal. See Temple a part of the head. ] (Anat.) Of or pertaining to the temple or temples; as, the temporal bone; a temporal artery. [ 1913 Webster ]

Temporal bone, a very complex bone situated in the side of the skull of most mammals and containing the organ of hearing. It consists of an expanded squamosal portion above the ear, corresponding to the squamosal and zygoma of the lower vertebrates, and a thickened basal petrosal and mastoid portion, corresponding to the periotic and tympanic bones of the lower vertebrates. [ 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 ]