temporal

Adjective

• of this earth or world
  • temporal joys
    
  • our temporal existence
    

• characteristic of or devoted to the temporal world as opposed to the spiritual world
  • worldly goods and advancement
    
  • temporal possessions of the church
    

• of or relating to the temples (the sides of the skull behind the orbit)
  • temporal bone
    

• of or relating to or limited by time
  • temporal processing
    
  • temporal dimensions
    
  • temporal and spacial boundaries
    
  • music is a temporal art
    

• not eternal
  • temporal matters of but fleeting moment- F.D.Roosevelt
    

Noun

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

Related words

• Synonyms: 
  worldly , secular , temporal role