of or pertaining to time.

pertaining to or concerned with the present life or this world; worldly

temporal joys.

enduring for a time only; temporary; transitory ( opposed to eternal ).

Grammar .

of, pertaining to, or expressing time

a temporal adverb.

of or pertaining to the tenses of a verb.

secular, lay, or civil, as opposed to ecclesiastical.

a temporal possession, estate, or the like; temporality.

something that is temporal; a temporal matter or affair.

adjective

mental , otherworldly , spiritual , endless , lasting , permanent , perpetual , persistent

adjective

banausic , carnal , civil , earthly , earthy , fleshly , lay , materialistic , mortal , mundane , nonsacred , nonspiritual , physical , profane , secular , sensual , subcelestial , sublunary , terrestrial , unhallowed , unsacred , unsanctified , unspiritualnotes:the word temporal derives from latin and chronological is from greek; temporal is \'having to do with time as opposed to eternity , having to do with earthly life as opposed to heavenly existence , having to do with time as opposed to space\' - while chronological is \'arranged according to temporal order\' , chronological , ephemeral , evanescent , fleeting , fugacious , fugitive , impermanent , of time , passing , short-lived , temporary , transient , transitorynotes:the word temporal derives from latin and chronological is from greek; temporal is \'having to do with time as opposed to eternity , earthbound , earthen , tellurian , telluric , terrene , worldly , fleet , momentary , laic , material , political , transitory