Temporal(a.) Of or pertaining to the temple or temples; as, the temporal bone; a temporal artery.
Temporal(n.) Of or pertaining to time, that is, to the present life, or this world; secular, as distinguished from sacred or eternal.
Temporal(n.) Civil or political, as distinguished from ecclesiastical; as, temporal power; temporal courts.
Temporal(n.) Anything temporal or secular; a temporality; -- used chiefly in the plural.
Temporalities(pl. ) of Temporality
Temporality(n.) The state or quality of being temporary; -- opposed to perpetuity.
Temporality(n.) The laity; temporality.
Temporality(n.) That which pertains to temporal welfare; material interests; especially, the revenue of an ecclesiastic proceeding from lands, tenements, or lay fees, tithes, and the like; -- chiefly used in the plural.
Temporally(adv.) In a temporal manner; secularly.
Temporalness(n.) Worldliness.
Temporization(n.) The act of temporizing.
Temporize(v. t.) To comply with the time or occasion; to humor, or yield to, the current of opinion or circumstances; also, to trim, as between two parties.
Temporize(v. t.) To delay; to procrastinate.
Temporize(v. t.) To comply; to agree.
Temporized(imp. & p. p.) of Temporize
Temporizer(n.) One who temporizes; one who yields to the time, or complies with the prevailing opinions, fashions, or occasions; a trimmer.
Temporizing(p. pr. & vb. n.) of Temporize
Temporizingly(adv.) In a temporizing or yielding manner.
Words within temporizer