- Lords temporal
- Temporal Tem"po*ral, a. [L. temporalis, fr. tempus, temporis,
time, portion of time, the fitting or appointed time: cf. F.
temporel. Cf. {Contemporaneous}, {Extempore}, {Temper}, v.
t., {Tempest}, {Temple} a part of the head, {Tense}, n.,
{Thing}.]
1. Of or pertaining to time, that is, to the present life, or
this world; secular, as distinguished from sacred or
eternal.
[1913 Webster]
The things which are seen are temporal, but the things which are not seen are eternal. --2 Cor. iv. 18. [1913 Webster]
Is this an hour for temporal affairs? --Shak. [1913 Webster]
2. Civil or political, as distinguished from ecclesiastical; as, temporal power; temporal courts. [1913 Webster]
{Lords temporal}. See under {Lord}, n.
{Temporal augment}. See the Note under {Augment}, n. [1913 Webster]
Syn: Transient; fleeting; transitory. [1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English. 2000.