Definitions
1.noun(chiefly in the plural) Anything temporal or secular; a temporality.
2.adjective(also grammar) Of or relating to time.
3.adjectiveOf limited time; transient; passing; not perpetual.
4.adjectiveOf or relating to the material world, as opposed to spiritual.
5.adjectiveLasting a short time only.
6.adjectiveCivil or political, as distinguished from ecclesiastical."temporal power; temporal courts"