1 (formal) connected with the real physical world, not spiritual matters:
Although spiritual leader of millions of people, the Pope has no temporal power.
2 (formal) connected with or limited by time:
a universe which has spatial and temporal dimensions
3 (anatomy) near the TEMPLE(S) at the side of the head:
the left / right temporal lobe of the brain
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