TEMPORAL, tem'por-al, _adj._ pertaining to time, esp. to this life or
world--opposed to eternal: worldly, secular, or civil--opposed to sacred or
ecclesiastical.--_n._ TEMPORAL'ITY, what pertains to temporal welfare:
(_pl._) secular possessions, revenues of an ecclesiastic proceeding from
lands, tithes, and the like.--_adv._ TEM'PORALLY.--_n._
TEM'PORALNESS.--_adv._ TEM'PORARILY.--_n._ TEM'PORARINESS.--_adjs._
TEM'PORARY, TEMPOR[=A]'NEOUS, for a time only: transient.--_n._
TEMPORIS[=A]'TION.--_v.i._ TEM'PORISE, to comply with the time or occasion:
to yield to circumstances.--_ns._ TEM'PORISER; TEM'PORISING.--_adv._
TEM'PORISINGLY. [Fr.,--L. _tempus_, time.]
TEMPT, temt, _v.t._ to put to trial: to test: to try to persuade, esp. to
evil: to entice.--_adj._ TEMP'TABLE.--_ns._ TEMP'TABLENESS; TEMPT[=A]'TION,
act of tempting: state of being tempted: that which tempts: enticement to
evil: trial.--_adj._ TEMPT[=A]'TIOUS, seductive.--_n._ TEMP'TER, one who
tempts, esp. the devil:--_fem._ TEMP'TRESS.--_adj._ TEMP'TING, adapted to
tempt or entice.--_adv._ TEMP'TINGLY.--_n._ TEMP'TINGNESS. [O. Fr.
_tempter_ (Fr. _tenter_)--L. _tent[=a]re_, an inten. of _tend[)e]re_, to
stretch.]