temporal: Meaning and Definition of

tem•po•ral

1. of or pertaining to time.
2. pertaining to or concerned with the present life or this world; worldly: temporal joys.
3. enduring for a time only; temporary; transitory (opposed to eternal).
4. a temporal adverb.
1. of, pertaining to, or expressing time:a temporal adverb.
2. of or pertaining to the tenses of a verb.
5. secular, lay, or civil, as opposed to ecclesiastical.

tem•po•ral

1. of, pertaining to, or situated near the temple or a temporal bone.

1. any of several parts in the temporal region, esp. the temporal bone.