TEMPORAL

noun

Definition

Anything temporal or secular; a temporality; -- used chiefly in the plural. Dryden. He assigns supremacy to the pope in spirituals, and to the emperor or temporals. Lowell.

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TEMPORAL (adjective)

Of or pertaining to the temple or temples; as, the temporal bone; a temporal artery. Temporal bone, a very complex bone situated in the side of the sk...

Added: October 09, 2025 Updated: October 09, 2025

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