temporal

Từ điển Oxford Advanced Learner 8th

tem·poral BrE [ˈtempərəl] NAmE [ˈtempərəl] adjective
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 at the side of the head
•the right temporal lobe of the brain

Word Origin:
[temporal] senses 1 to 2 Middle English Old French temporel Latin temporalis tempus tempor- ‘time’ sense 3 late Middle English late Latin temporalis tempora ‘the temples’ tempus ‘temple of the head’

• Từ đồng nghĩa / Synonyms:
  worldly, secular, temporal role