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;
Temporal bone,
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. ]
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 ]
Lords temporal.
Temporal augment.
n.;
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 ]
n. [ See Temporality. ]