Definitions for temporal
ˈtɛm pər əl, ˈtɛm prəltem·po·ral

Princeton's WordNet(3.80 / 5 votes)Rate this definition:

1. temporal role, temporaladjective

   the semantic role of the noun phrase that designates the time of the state or action denoted by the verb

2. temporaladjective

   not eternal

   "temporal matters of but fleeting moment"- F.D.Roosevelt

3. temporaladjective

   of or relating to or limited by time

   "temporal processing"; "temporal dimensions"; "temporal and spacial boundaries"; "music is a temporal art"

4. temporaladjective

   of or relating to the temples (the sides of the skull behind the orbit)

   "temporal bone"

5. worldly, secular, temporaladjective

   characteristic of or devoted to the temporal world as opposed to the spiritual world

   "worldly goods and advancement"; "temporal possessions of the church"

6. temporaladjective

   of this earth or world

   "temporal joys"; "our temporal existence"

Samuel Johnson's Dictionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Temporaladjective

   Etymology: temporal, Fr. temporalis, low Latin.

   1. Measured by time; not eternal.

   As there they sustain temporal life, so here they would learn to make provision for eternal. Richard Hooker.

   2. Secular; not ecclesiastical.

   This sceptre shews the force of temporal power,
   The attribute to awe and majesty,
   Wherein doth sit the dread of kings. William Shakespeare.

   All the temporal lands, which men devout
   By testament have given to the church,
   Would they strip from us. William Shakespeare, Henry V.

   All temporal power hath been wrested from the clergy, and much of their ecclesiastick. Jonathan Swift.

   3. Not spiritual.

   Call not every temporal end a defiling of the intention, but only when it contradicts the ends of God, or when it is principally intended: for sometimes a temporal end is part of our duty; and such are all the actions of our calling. Taylor.

   Our petitions to God with regard to temporals, must be that medium of convenience proportioned to the several conditions of life. John Rogers, Serm.

   4. [ Temporal, Fr.]Placed at the temples, or upper part of the head.

   Copious bleeding, by opening the temporal arteries, are the most effectual remedies for a phrensy. John Arbuthnot, on Aliments.

Webster Dictionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Temporaladjective

   of or pertaining to the temple or temples; as, the temporal bone; a temporal artery

2. Temporalnoun

   of or pertaining to time, that is, to the present life, or this world; secular, as distinguished from sacred or eternal

3. Temporalnoun

   civil or political, as distinguished from ecclesiastical; as, temporal power; temporal courts

4. Temporalnoun

   anything temporal or secular; a temporality; -- used chiefly in the plural

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1. Temporal

   Temporal is collection of music by Love Spirals Downwards, an ethereal band on the US record label, Projekt Records. It includes several previously unreleased songs.

Chambers 20th Century Dictionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Temporal

   tem′por-al, adj. pertaining to time, esp. to this life or world—opposed to eternal: worldly, secular, or civil—opposed to sacred or ecclesiastical.—n. Temporal′ity, what pertains to temporal welfare: (pl.) secular possessions, revenues of an ecclesiastic proceeding from lands, tithes, and the like.—adv. Tem′porally.—n. Tem′poralness.—adv. Tem′porarily.—n. Tem′porariness.—adjs. Tem′porary, Temporā′neous, for a time only: transient.—n. Temporisā′tion.—v.i. Tem′porise, to comply with the time or occasion: to yield to circumstances.—ns. Tem′poriser; Tem′porising.—adv. Tem′porisingly. [Fr.,—L. tempus, time.]

Editors Contribution(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. temporal

   Relating to a bone of the skull in the head.

   The temporal bones are located in the head.

   
   

   Submitted by MaryC on September 6, 2020  

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of temporal in Chaldean Numerology is: 7

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of temporal in Pythagorean Numerology is: 1

Examples of temporal in a Sentence

1. Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart:

   Let us put our trust in God and console ourselves with the thought that all is well, if it is in accordance with the will of the Almighty, as He knows best what is profitable and beneficial to our temporal happiness and our eternal salvation.

2. John Collomosse:

   One of the forms of tampering we can detect is the removal of short segments of the video. These are temporal tampers. And we can detect up to three seconds of tampering. So, if a video is several hours long and you just remove three seconds of that video, we can detect that.

3. Saint Augustine:

   God does not give heed to the ambitiousness of our prayers, because he is always ready to give to us his light, not a visible light but an intellectual and spiritual one but we are not always ready to receive it when we turn aside and down to other things out of a desire for temporal things.

4. John Ashcroft:

   Unique among the nations, America recognized the source of our character as being godly and eternal, not being civic and temporal. And because we have understood that our source is eternal, America has been different. We have no king but Jesus.

5. Siddha Nagarjuna:

   This body, full of faults, Has yet one great quality Whatever it encounters in this temporal life Depends upon one's actions.

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