(Roman Catholicism) A cycle of texts to be read or chanted at liturgical services on particular weeks and movable feasts throughout the year; a book that contains this cycle.

(meteorology) A rainy wind that blows into Central America from the southwest during the summer, often bringing stormy weather.

plural of temporalis

(anatomy) A fan-shaped muscle which arises from the surface of the temporal fossa and converges to an aponeurosis which contracts into a thick flat tendon inserted into the coronoid process of the mandible; it serves to raise the lower jaw and is involved in closing the mouth and chewing.

(obsolete) The laity; secular people. / (obsolete) A secular possession; a temporality.

plural of temporalty

Alternative form of temporalize

(anatomy) Toward the temples.

(anatomy) Toward the temples.

(anatomy) Toward the temples.