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adj. of this earth or world; "temporal joys"; "our temporal existence"

adj. not eternal; "temporal matters of but fleeting moment"- F.D.Roosevelt

adj. of or relating to the temples (the sides of the skull behind the orbit); "temporal bone"

adj. of or relating to or limited by time; "temporal processing"; "temporal dimensions"; "temporal and spacial boundaries"; "music is a temporal art"

earthly

adj. of the material world; "temporal possessions of the church"

lay, laic, secular, worldly, laical

adj. concerned with secular rather than sacred matters; "lords temporal and spiritual"

mortal

adj. subject to death; "mortal beings"

earthly

adj. of or belonging to or characteristic of this earth as distinguished from heaven; "earthly beings"; "believed that our earthly life is all that matters"; "earthly love"; "our earthly home"

civil

adj. applying to ordinary citizens; "civil law"; "civil authorities"

earth-born

adj. "earth-born beings"

earthy, earthbound

adj. confined to the earth

mundane

adj. belonging to this earth or world; not ideal or heavenly; "not a fairy palace; yet a mundane wonder of unimagined kind"; "so terrene a being as himself"

sublunar, sublunary

adj. of this earth; "transcendental motives for sublunary actions"; "fleeting sublunary pleasures"; "the nearest to an angelic being that treads this terrestrial ball"

acting, interim

adj. performing services temporarily

passing, transient, ephemeral, short-lived, transitory

adj. lasting a very short time; "the ephemeral joys of childhood"; "a passing fancy"; "youth's transient beauty"; "love is transitory but at is eternal"; "fugacious blossoms"

episodic

adj. limited in duration to a single episode; "an account concerned primarily with episodic events such as the succession of rulers"

fly-by-night

adj. ephemeral; "the symphony is no fly-by-night venture"

makeshift, improvised, jury-rigged

adj. done or made using whatever is available; "crossed the river on improvised bridges"; "the survivors used jury-rigged fishing gear"; "the rock served as a makeshift hammer"

terminable

adj. capable of being terminated after a designated time; "terminable employees"; "a terminable annuity"

visiting, guest

adj. staying temporarily: "a visiting foreigner"; "guest conductor"

material

adj. concerned with worldly rather than spiritual interests; "material possessions"; "material wealth"; "material comforts"

terrestrial, mundane, sublunary

adj. concerned with the world or worldly matters; "mundane affairs"; "he developed an immense terrestrial practicality"

mercenary, materialistic, worldly-minded

adj. marked by materialism

irreverent, blasphemous, sacrilegious

adj. grossly irreverent toward what is held to be sacred; "blasphemous rites of a witches' Sabbath"; "profane utterances against the Church"; "it is sacrilegious to enter with shoes on"

profanatory

adj. profaning or tending to desecrate

secularized

adj. made secular

permanent, lasting

adj. continuing or enduring without marked change in status or condition or place; "permanent secretary to the president"; "permanent address"; "literature of permanent value"

sacred

adj. concerned with religion or religious purposes; "sacred texts"; "sacred rites"; "sacred music"

ecclesiastic, ecclesiastical

adj. of or associated with a church (especially a Christian Church); "ecclesiastic history"

spiritual, religious

adj. concerned with sacred matters or religion or the church; "religious texts"; "a member of a religious order"; "lords temporal and spiritual"; "spiritual leaders"; "spiritual songs"

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