Main Entry:

¹tem·po·ral

Pronunciation:

\ˈtem-p(ə-)rəl\

Function:

adjective

Etymology:

Middle English, from Anglo-French temporel, from Latin temporalis, from tempor-, tempus time

Date:

14th century

1 a: of or relating to time as opposed to eternity b: of or relating to earthly life c: lay or secular rather than clerical or sacred : civil <lords temporal>2: of or relating to grammatical tense or a distinction of time3 a: of or relating to time as distinguished from space b: of or relating to the sequence of time or to a particular time : chronological

— tem·po·ral·ly adverb