(chiefly in the plural) Anything temporal or secular; a temporality.

(relational) Of or relating to the material world, as opposed to sacred or clerical. / Of limited time, transient, passing, not perpetual, as opposed to eternal.

(anatomy) Ellipsis of temporal bone. / (zootomy) Any of a reptile's scales on the side of the head between the parietal and supralabial scales, and behind the postocular scales.

(anatomy, relational) Of or situated in the temples of the head or the sides of the skull behind the orbits.

simple past tense and past participle of temporize

The condition of being bounded in time (of being temporal).

(intransitive) To deliberately act evasively or prolong a discussion in order to gain time or postpone a decision, sometimes so that a compromise can be reached or simply to make a conversation more temperate; to stall for time.

plural of temporality / the temporal or worldly possessions of the clergy

The act of temporizing. / (dentistry) The application of a temporary piece of dental work that will later be removed.

(transitive, often philosophy) To situate in time. / To secularize.