Definitions for temporals

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temporals tem·po·ral

Spelling: [tem-per-uh l, tem-pruh l]

IPA: /ˈtɛm pər əl, ˈtɛm prəl/

Temporals is a 9 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 12 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 15 points.

You can make 1034 anagrams from letters in temporals (aelmoprst).

Definitions for temporals

noun

1. a temporal possession, estate, or the like; temporality.
2. something that is temporal; a temporal matter or affair.
3. any of several parts in the temporal region, especially the temporal bone.

adjective

1. of or relating to time.
2. pertaining to or concerned with the present life or this world; worldly:
3. enduring for a time only; temporary; transitory (opposed to eternal).
4. Grammar. of, relating to, or expressing time: of or relating to the tenses of a verb.
5. secular, lay, or civil, as opposed to ecclesiastical.
6. of, relating to, or situated near the temple or a temporal bone.

Origin of temporals

1300-50; Middle English (adj. and noun) Latin temporālis, equivalent to tempor- (stem of tempus) time + -ālis -al¹

Examples for temporals

Naturalism tells us that mystics had temporal lobe epilepsy.

Their temporal sorrows have awakened their spiritual energies.

It seemed a long time to Amelia before she awoke again to temporal things.

But a drug like lamotrigine is not selective, and so it also affects the behavior of the rest of the temporal lobe.

The love of temporal dominion was ruining the Church of Rome.

The temporal judgment regarding the bothers was guilty, and both were sentenced to death.

And observe how this bears on the question of the temporal power.

Compulsive writing, or hypergraphia, is a well-known, if uncommon, symptom of temporal lobe epilepsy.

Re-reading your own work, especially at some temporal distance, is a dangerous business.

The Pharisees had need to keep alliance with the temporal powers.