Definition of "temporal" []

• Of, relating to, or limited by time: a temporal dimension; temporal and spatial boundaries. (adjective)
• Of or relating to the material world; worldly: the temporal possessions of the Church. (adjective)
• Lasting only for a time; not eternal; passing: our temporal existence. (adjective)
• Secular or lay; civil: lords temporal and spiritual. (adjective)
• Grammar Expressing time: a temporal adverb. (adjective)

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• "˜temporal part™ (see section 2), and it raises a methodological issue: should ˜temporal part™ be defined in such a way that presentists can believe in temporal parts, or not?"
• "And the other benefit that we have, Alina, is that this is what I call a temporal event."
• "In what we call our temporal life God gets only a formal recognition, while Mammon is the referee."