Of or pertaining to the temple or temples; as, the temporal bone; a temporal artery.

Of or pertaining to time, that is, to the present life, or this world; secular, as distinguished from sacred or eternal.

Anything temporal or secular; a temporality; -- used chiefly in the plural.

in music, the parameters (such as beat, rhythm, and meter) having to do with timing.

of the material world; "temporal possessions of the church"

of this earth or world; "temporal joys"; "our temporal existence"

the annual cycle of church feasts commemorating the life of Christ