| Noun | 1. | temporal - the semantic role of the noun phrase that designating the time of the state or action denoted by the verb | |
| Adj. | 1. | temporal - not eternal; "temporal matters of but fleeting moment"- F.D.Rooseveltimpermanent, temporary - not permanent; not lasting; "politics is an impermanent factor of life"- James Thurber; "impermanent palm cottages"; "a temperary arrangement"; "temporary housing" | |
| 2. | temporal - of or relating to or limited by time; "temporal processing"; "temporal dimensions"; "temporal and spacial boundaries"; "music is a temporal art" | |
| 3. | temporal - of or relating to the temples (the sides of the skull behind the orbit); "temporal bone" | |
| 4. | temporal - of the material world; "temporal possessions of the church"worldly - characteristic of or devoted to the temporal world; "worldly goods and advancement" | |
| 5. | temporal - concerned with secular rather than sacred matters; "lords temporal and spiritual"profane - not sacred or concerned with religion; "sacred and profane music"; "children being brought up in an entirely profane environment" | |
| 6. | temporal - of this earth or world; "temporal joys"; "our temporal existence"earthly - of or belonging to or characteristic of this earth as distinguished from heaven; "earthly beings"; "believed that our earthly life is all that matters"; "earthly love"; "our earthly home" | |