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WordWealth: temporal
tem·po·ral (1)
 ,
adj.
1. of or pertaining
to time. 2. pertaining to or concerned with the present life
or this world; worldly: temporal joys. 3. enduring for
a time only; temporary; transitory (opposed to eternal).
4. Gram. a. of, pertaining to, or expressing time:
a temporal adverb. b. of or pertaining to the tenses
of a verb. 5. secular, lay, or civil, as opposed to
ecclesiastical.
–n.
Usually, temporals.6.
a temporal possession, estate, or the like; temporality. 7.
something that is temporal; a temporal matter or affair.
[1300–50; ME (adj. and n.) < L
temporālis,
equiv. to tempor- (s. of tempus) time + -ālis
-AL1]
—tem  po·ral·ly,
adv.
—tem po·ral·ness,
n.
tem·po·ral (2)
,
Anat., Zool.
–adj.
1. of, pertaining to, or
situated near the temple or a temporal bone.
– n.
2. any of several
parts in the temporal region, esp. the temporal bone.
[1535–45; < LL
temporālis,
equiv. to tempor- (s. of tempus)
TEMPLE2
+ -ālis
-AL1]
(Random
House Webster's, Unabridged).
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We have a lot to thank the Irish Catholic for. It represents that segment of Irish society that is often without a voice on this island's media. The paper, under Dave Quinn and latterly Simon Rowe, has become required reading even for those of us who would be classified under the catch-all term, 'liberal chattering classes'. Even for writers who oppose the
temporal power of the Catholic Church and believe in the establishment of authentically secular republic, the Irish Catholic amplifies the views of a significant section of Ireland, north and south, a group whose views are ignored at your peril. It is conservative on moral issues such as abortion, contraception, divorce and homosexuality. Conversely, this same community is progressive when it comes to poverty at home and hunger and oppression abroad. ——
Henry McDonald in
'Isn't
it Time that the Double-Speak Stopped?';
It would be refreshing if the leaders were honest about their motives;
the Guardian; Sunday Dec 28, 2003
According to their schema, at the deepest
level of self is an immortal spirit which has been here since before
time began, is here all the while you go through your temporal
life and will be here for eternity after you die. You don't notice it,
because your mind is so occupied with the clamour of internal chatter
and of the world around you; but by training yourself to become
centred within, you gradually learn to identify with it, rather than
the external collection of habits of thought, word and deed you
normally recognise as yourself. This teaches you not to take your own
existence so personally by instilling a more transcendental view of
yourself - as if seeing yourself - and, by extension, of those you
love. ——
Barefoot Doctor
in 'Mortal
Combat';
Nurture your everlasting spirit and you'll never fear the reaper, says
; the Guardian/Wellbeing; Sunday Dec
14, 2003
In the central region of Thessaly, about a five-hour drive northwest of
Athens, rise the aptly named Meteora -- slate-gray cones and buttelike
outcroppings reaching as high as 2,000 feet. They appear in their crookedness
to be staggering, as if fatigued from surviving eons of tectonic tumult. The
rocks themselves might merit a visit for their curiosity value, but the
Byzantine monasteries that top them have made them one of Romaic Greece's most
spectacular sights. Though monks seeking respite from temporal woes began
establishing themselves in sketes, or retreats, on lesser peaks in the tenth
century, legend has it that the first anchorite to reach the highest
summit -- that of the Great Meteoron -- to found a proper monastery did so on
the back of an eagle in 1340. ——
Jeffrey Tayler
in 'A
Greece to Be Discovered'; the
Atlantic/Travel; Jan 1998
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