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

(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.

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

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

(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.

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

simple past tense and past participle of temporize

(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.

Of or relating to temporization (in its various senses).

The act of one who temporizes, or acts evasively.