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.
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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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