Definitions of temporal:

• noun:   the semantic role of the noun phrase that designating the time of the state or action denoted by the verb
• adjective:   not eternal

  Example: "Temporal matters of but fleeting moment- F.D.Roosevelt"

• adjective:   concerned with secular rather than sacred matters

  Example: "Lords temporal and spiritual"

• adjective:   of the material world

  Example: "Temporal possessions of the church"

• adjective:   of or relating to the temples (the sides of the skull behind the orbit)

  Example: "Temporal bone"

• adjective:   of or relating to or limited by time

  Example: "Temporal processing"

• adjective:   of this earth or world

  Example: "Temporal joys"