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Temporal \Tem"po*ral\, a. [L. temporalis, fr. tempus, temporis,
time, portion of time, the fitting or appointed time: cf. F.
temporel. Cf. {Contemporaneous}, {Extempore}, {Temper}, v.
t., {Tempest}, {Temple} a part of the head, {Tense}, n.,
{Thing}.]
1. Of or pertaining to time, that is, to the present life, or
this world; secular, as distinguished from sacred or
eternal.
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The things which are seen are temporal, but the
things which are not seen are eternal. --2 Cor. iv.
18.
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Is this an hour for temporal affairs? --Shak.
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2. Civil or political, as distinguished from ecclesiastical;
as, temporal power; temporal courts.
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{Lords temporal}. See under {Lord}, n.
{Temporal augment}. See the Note under {Augment}, n.
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Syn: Transient; fleeting; transitory.
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