tempo2 (tempo)

[Jap., temp or all (tem'pō-ral), a. and n. [ Temporal Use. - By far the most frequent use of the A. S. absolute participle is to indicate relations of time, a fact that is not surprising, since in Latin all the uses of the ablative absolute sprang from the temporal use of the abla Amer . Jour . Philol ., X. 334. tive. 2. Of or pertaining to time in the sense of the present life or this world; secular: distinguished from spiritual. With true prayers From fasting maids, whose minds are dedicate To nothing temporal . Shak., M. for M., ii. 2. 155. Torlton, was this thy spiritual pretence? But O! thy actions were too temporal . Drayton , Barons' Wars, iii. 34. She took more effectual means than any of her predece ors to circumscribe the temporal powers of the clergy. Pre scott, Ferd. and Isa., ii. 26. 3. Measured or limited by time, or by this life or this state of things; having limited existence; of short duration; enduring for a time: opposed to eternal. For so the he that hath nat roote in hym self, but it is temporal ; that is, it lastith bot a litil tyme. Wyclif , Mat, xiii. 21. The things which are seen are temporal , but the things which are not seen are eternal. 2 Cor. iv. 18. 4. In gram., relating to a tense, or to the distinction of time expre ed by tenses. The tensele phrase in order to, used alike for present and past purposes in English, fails to convey the temporal ideas conveyed by the Latin present and imperfect subjunctive. Amer . Jour . Philol ., VII. 459. Lords temporal. See lord. - Temporal augment. See augment, 2.- Temporal eccentricity, peer, proposition, etc. See the nouns. - Temporal power, the rule or dominion of an ecclesiastic in material as distinguished from spiritual matters: used chiefly with reference to the rule of the Pope, who was an important temporal or territorial ruler in Rome and over a considerable part of Italy from the early middle ages down to 1870. =Syn. 2. Secu lar, Earthly, etc. (see worldly ), terrestrial, mundane.-2 and 3. Temporary, Temporal. Temporary, lasting but a short time: as, a temporary staging; temporal, belonging to time, hence belonging to this world, secular, or limited by time, not permanent, although perhaps not so fleeting as temporary things. II. n. Anything temporal or secular; a temporality; a temporal matter or affair. If we wait the coming of the angel, and in the mean time do our duty with care, and sustain our temporals with indifferency. Jer. Taylor , Works (ed. 1835), Ι. 79. The procurator has the care of the temporals of the convent, and is always a Spaniard. 6225 poral arteries, two branches, the anterior and the posterior, of the internal maxillary, supplying the temporal muscle. - Deep temporal nerves, two branches, anterior and posterior, of the inferior maxillary nerve, distributed to the anterior and posterior portions of the temporal fo a. -Middle temporal artery, a branch of the superficial temporal, arising close above the zygoma, and distributed to the temporal muscle. - Middle temporal vein, a large vein which receives the blood from the substance of the temporal muscle, and unites above the zygoma with the temporal vein. - Posterior temporal artery, the larger of the two terminal branches of the superficial temporal, ramifying on the side of the head, and distributed to the coverings of the skull. Superficial temporal artery, the temporal artery proper, one of the two terminal branches of the external carotid, beginning a little below the condyle of the jaw, pa ing through the substance of the parotid gland, and dividing above the zygoma into the anterior and posterior temporal. It gives branches to the parotid gland, the ma eter muscle, and the articulation of the jaw. - Temporal aponeurosis, the temporal fascia. - Temporal arch. Same as zygomatic arch (which see, under zygomatic ). -Temporal artery, an arterial branch supplying the temporal region or muscle, especially the superficial temporal artery. - Temporal bone, in human an at., a com independent of many vertebrates, situated at the temporarine separate element (see tympanic, tympanohyal ). The so called styloid proce is also a distinct element, belonging to the hyoidean arch, its ankylosis with the temporal of man being anomalous. The general character of the temporal bone is maintained throughout mammals, but is greatly modified in other vertebrates. - Temporal canal, a small canal leading from the orbital to the temporal surface of the malar bone, for the pa age of one of the divisions of the tempo rom alar nerve. - Temporal convolutions, the three convolutions of the temporal lobe on the convex surface of the hemisphere, numbered first, second, and third from above downward; the temporal gyri. Temporal fascia, fo a, ganglion. See the nouns. Temporal fi ures. Same as temporal sulci. - Temporal gyri. See gyrus. - Temporal lines. See line2, and cut under parietal. - Temporal lobe. Same as temporo sphenoidal lobe (which see, under lobe ). - Temporal muscle, that muscle of mastication of man and many other vertebrates which arises from the surface of the temporal fo a, above and in front of the ear, and is inserted into the coronoid proce of the lower jaw. But its relative size, its shape, and to some extent its site vary much in different animals. - Temporal plane. See planel. Temporal point, a tender point on the back part of the temple or the auriculotemporal nerve, or a little lower down just above the zygoma. It is developed in neuralgia IMG:content-0066.png:[blocks in formation] Styloid Proce STYLO-PHARYNGEUS Jugular Fo a Auricular Fi ure Canals for Eustachian Tube and M. Tensor Tympani TENSOR TYMPANI Mastoid Proc . Digastric Fo a Occipital Groove Quadrilateral Surface Openings of Carotid Canal LEVATOR PALATI Canal for Jacob son's Nerve Aqueduct us Cochleae Canal for Arnold's Nerve Jugular Surface Vaginal Proce Right Temporal Bone, under surface. omy, while the tympanic or tympanal bone, forming the so-called vaginal and auditory proce es, is properly a region, the temple and adjacent parts: practically same as the temporal fo a and its contents. - Temporal ridges. Same as temporal lines. - Temporal sulci. See sulcus. - Temporal suture. Same as petrosquamous suture (which see, under petrosquamous ). - Temporal vein, the vein a ociated with the superficial temporal artery, forming by union with the tempo rom axillary vein the beginning of the principal external jugular vein. II. n. The bone of the temple, or os temp or is. See temporal bone , above. temporale (tem-pō-rā'lē), n. [ML., neut. of L. temporal is , of the time: see temporal1 .] That part of the breviary and mi al which contains the proper portions of the daily offices, in the order of the ecclesiastical year, beginning with Advent. temporality (tem-pō-ral'i-ti), n.; pl. temporal i ties (-tiz). [Early mod. E. also temporal i tie; Wherwith who so findeth faulte blamed not onelye the clergie but also the temporal i tie, which be and haue bene al this while partners in the author i tie of the making and conseruacion of this lawe. Sir T. More, Works, p. 232. 3. A secular po e ion; specifically (in the plural), property and revenues of a religious corporation or an ecclesiastic, held for religious uses: contradistinguished from spiritualities, or matters of which the civil courts have no jurisdiction. Many hold temporalities, tithes, and glebes unlawful. Rev. S. Ward, Sermons, p. 75. Having a sufficient fortune of my own, I was carele of temporalities . Goldsmith, Vicar, ii. Guardian of the temporalities. See guardian. temporally (tem'po-ral-i), adv. With reference to time; specifically, with respect to the present life only. Sinners who are in such a temporally happy condition owe it not to their sins, but wholly to their luck. IMG:content-0067.png:[graphic] South , Sermons.