Definition of temporal

• a. - Of or pertaining to the temple or temples; as, the temporal bone; a temporal artery.
• n. - Of or pertaining to time, that is, to the present life, or this world; secular, as distinguished from sacred or eternal.
• n. - Civil or political, as distinguished from ecclesiastical; as, temporal power; temporal courts.
• n. - Anything temporal or secular; a temporality; -- used chiefly in the plural.