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blackice
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Canada where else...
Sep 2000 time: 00:15
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tem·po·ral1 (tmpr-l, tmprl)
adj.
Of, relating to, or limited by time: a temporal dimension; temporal and spatial boundaries.
Of or relating to the material world; worldly: the temporal possessions of the Church.
Lasting only for a time; not eternal; passing: our temporal existence.
Secular or lay; civil: lords temporal and spiritual.
Grammar. Expressing time: a temporal adverb.
temporal \Tem"po*ral\, a. [L. temporalis, fr. tempus, temporis, time, portion of time, the fitting or appointed time: cf. F. temporel. Cf. Contemporaneous, Extempore, Temper, v. t., Tempest, Temple a part of the head, Tense, n., Thing.] 1. Of or pertaining to time, that is, to the present life, or this world; secular, as distinguished from sacred or eternal.
The things which are seen are temporal, but the things which are not seen are eternal. --2 Cor. iv. 18.
Is this an hour for temporal affairs? --Shak.
2. Civil or political, as distinguished from ecclesiastical; as, temporal power; temporal courts.
Syn: Transient; fleeting; transitory.
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[Middle English, from Old French, from Latin temporlis, from tempus, tempor-, time.
Personally I thought it was a cunning playing on words I would guess that means then 95% of us concentrate on learning our native tongues? With the 5% I have to say Zobo has a good grasp of the english lanuage and Dattler obviously does 
Last edited by blackice on 17-09-2001 at 10:09
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