1. (noun)temporal role, temporal the semantic role of the nounphrase that designates the time of the state or action denoted by the verb
2. (adj)temporal not eternal
"temporal matters of but fleeting moment"- F.D.Roosevelt
3. (adj)temporal of or relating to or limited by time "temporal processing"; "temporal dimensions"; "temporal and spacial boundaries"; "music is a temporal art"
4. (adj)temporal of or relating to the temples (the sides of the skullbehind the orbit)
"temporal bone"
5. (adj)worldly, secular, temporal characteristic of or devoted to the temporalworld as opposed to the spiritualworld "worldly goods and advancement"; "temporal possessions of the church"
6. (adj)temporal of this earth or world "temporal joys"; "our temporal existence"