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tem·po·ral [ témpərəl, témprəl ]


adjective 
Definition:
 
1. relating to time: relating to measured time

2. brief: lasting only a short time

3. religion of this world: relating to life in the world, not to spiritual life

4. christianity relating to laity: relating to the laity, not to the clergy in the Christian Church

5. grammar relating to tenses: relating to grammatical tenses or the expression of time in a language

[14th century. Directly or via French< Latin temporalis< tempus "time"]

tem·po·ral·ly adverb
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