(1):
(a.) Of or pertaining to the temple or temples; as, the temporal bone; a temporal artery.
(2):
(n.) Of or pertaining to time, that is, to the present life, or this world; secular, as distinguished from sacred or eternal.
(3):
(n.) Anything temporal or secular; a temporality; - used chiefly in the plural.
(4):
(n.) Civil or political, as distinguished from ecclesiastical; as, temporal power; temporal courts.