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   Tem·po·ral

   /ˈtemp(ə)rəl/

   

   adjective

   • 1. relating to worldly as opposed to spiritual affairs; secular: "the Church did not imitate the secular rulers who thought only of temporal gain" Similar secularnonspiritualworldlyprofanematerialmundaneearthlyterrestrialnonreligiouslaycarnalfleshlymortalcorporealrare:sublunaryterreneOpposite spiritual
   • 2. relating to time: "the spatial and temporal dimensions of human interference in complex ecosystems" Similar of timetime-related
   • ▪ relating to or denoting time or tense.

   Word Origin Middle English: from Old French temporel or Latin temporalis, from tempus, tempor- ‘time’.

   Scrabble Points: 12

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