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Temporal \Tem"po*ral\, a. [L. temporalis, fr. tempora the
temples: cf. F. temporal. See {Temple} a part of the head.]
(Anat.)
Of or pertaining to the temple or temples; as, the temporal
bone; a temporal artery.
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{Temporal bone}, a very complex bone situated in the side of
the skull of most mammals and containing the organ of
hearing. It consists of an expanded squamosal portion
above the ear, corresponding to the squamosal and zygoma
of the lower vertebrates, and a thickened basal petrosal
and mastoid portion, corresponding to the periotic and
tympanic bones of the lower vertebrates.
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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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Temporal \Tem"po*ral\, n.
Anything temporal or secular; a temporality; -- used chiefly
in the plural. --Dryden.
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He assigns supremacy to the pope in spirituals, and to
the emperor or temporals. --Lowell.
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