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| − | [Middle | + | [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=English#ca._1100-1500_.09THE_MIDDLE_ENGLISH_PERIOD Middle English], from Anglo-French ''temporel'', from [[Latin]] ''temporalis'', from ''tempor''-, ''tempus'' [[time]] |
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==Definitiions== | ==Definitiions== | ||
#Of, relating to, or limited by [[time]]: a temporal [[dimension]]; temporal and spatial boundaries. | #Of, relating to, or limited by [[time]]: a temporal [[dimension]]; temporal and spatial boundaries. | ||
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Etymology
Middle English, from Anglo-French temporel, from Latin temporalis, from tempor-, tempus time
Definitiions
- Of, relating to, or limited by time: a temporal dimension; temporal and spatial boundaries.
- Of or relating to the material world; worldly: the temporal possessions of the Church.
- Lasting only for a time; not eternal; passing: our temporal existence.
- Secular or lay; civil: lords temporal and spiritual.
- Grammar Expressing time: a temporal adverb.
Synonyms
earthbound earthen, earthly, earthy, mundane, secular, tellurian, telluric, terrene, terrestrial, worldly, ephemeral, evanescent, fleet, fleeting, fugacious, fugitive, momentary, passing, short-lived, temporary, transient, transitory, lay
