Temporal

tem′por-al, adj. pertaining to time, esp. to this life or world—opposed to eternal: worldly, secular, or civil—opposed to sacred or ecclesiastical.— n. Temporal′ity , what pertains to temporal welfare: ( pl. ) secular po e ions, revenues of an ecclesiastic proceeding from lands, tithes, and the like.— adv. Tem′porally .— n. Tem′poralne .— adv. Tem′porarily .— n. Tem′porarine .— adjs. Tem′porary , Temporā′neo us , for a time only: transient.— n. Temp or isā′tion .— v.i. Tem′porise , to comply with the time or occasion: to yield to circumstances.— ns. Tem′poriser ; Tem′porising .— adv. Tem′por i singly . [Fr.,—L. temp us , time.]