Meaning

noun the semantic role of the noun phrase that designates the time of the state or action denoted by the verb

adjective not eternal; - F.D.Roosevelt

adjective of or relating to or limited by time

originFrom Middle English temporal, temporel (“transitory, worldly, material, of secular society”), from Old French temporel or Latin temporālis (“of time (in grammar), temporary, relating to time as opposed to eternity”), from tempus (“time, period, opportunity”) + -ālis.

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