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| tem·po·ral [ témpərəl, témprəl ] |
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1. relating to time: relating to measured time
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2. brief: lasting only a short time
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3. religion of this world: relating to life in the world, not to spiritual life
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4. christianity relating to laity: relating to the laity, not to the clergy in the Christian Church
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5. grammar relating to tenses: relating to grammatical tenses or the expression of time in a language
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| [14th century. Directly or via French< Latin temporalis< tempus "time"] |
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  tem·po·ral·ly adverb |
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