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temporall

temporall is the obsolete spelling of temporal.

Meaning of temporal

Adjective

temporal (not generally comparable, comparative more temporal, superlative most temporal)

  1. (not comparable, relational, usually) Of or relating to the material world, as opposed to sacred or clerical.
    • temporal power, temporal courts
  2. (not comparable, relational, usually) Of limited time, transient, passing, not perpetual, as opposed to eternal.
    • The things which are seen are temporal, but the things which are not seen are eternal.1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, 2 Corinthians 4:18
  3. (euphemistic, not comparable, relational, usually) Lasting for a short time only.
  4. (not comparable, relational, usually) Of or relating to time as distinguished from space.
  5. (not comparable, relational, usually) Of or relating to the sequence of time or to a particular time.
    Synonyms:
    chronological
  6. (not comparable, relational, usually) Relating to or denoting time or tense.

See all 9 meanings of temporal

Forms of temporall

comparativemore temporall
superlativemost temporall

Questions about temporall

What is temporall the obsolete spelling of?
Temporall is the obsolete spelling of temporal.

Words near temporall in the dictionary

  1. temporalizations
  2. temporalize
  3. temporalized
  4. temporalizes
  5. temporalizing
  6. temporall
  7. temporally
  8. temporalness
  9. temporals
  10. temporalties
  11. temporalty

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Adapted from Wiktionary: temporall (page history and authors); temporal (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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