Spiritual vs. Temporal — What's the Difference?

Difference Between Spiritual and Temporal
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Definitions
Spiritual➦
Of, relating to, consisting of, or having the nature of spirit; not material; supernatural
Spiritual power.
Temporal➦
Relating to worldly as opposed to spiritual affairs; secular
The Church did not imitate the secular rulers who thought only of temporal gain
Spiritual➦
Of, concerned with, or affecting the soul
Spiritual guidance.
Spiritual growth.
Temporal➦
Relating to time
The spatial and temporal dimensions of human interference in complex ecosystems
Spiritual➦
Not concerned with material or worldly things
Led a spiritual life.
Temporal➦
Of or situated in the temples of the head
Arterial biopsy usually confirms the diagnosis of temporal arteritis
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Spiritual➦
Of or belonging to a religion; sacred
Spiritual practices.
Spiritual music.
Temporal➦
Of, relating to, or limited by time
A temporal dimension.
Temporal and spatial boundaries.
Spiritual➦
A religious folk song of African American origin.
Temporal➦
Of or relating to the material world; worldly
The temporal possessions of the Church.
Spiritual➦
A work composed in imitation of such a song.
Temporal➦
Lasting only for a time; not eternal; passing
Our temporal existence.
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Spiritual➦
Often spirituals Religious, spiritual, or ecclesiastical matters.
Temporal➦
Secular or lay; civil
Lords temporal and spiritual.
Spiritual➦
Of or pertaining to the spirit or the soul.
Respect towards ancestors is an essential part of Thai spiritual practice.
Temporal➦
(Grammar) Expressing time
A temporal adverb.
Spiritual➦
Of or pertaining to God or a place of worship; sacred, pure; inspired by the Holy Spirit.
Temporal➦
Of, relating to, or near the temples of the skull.
Spiritual➦
Of or pertaining to spirits; supernatural.
Temporal➦
(relational) Of or relating to the material world, as opposed to sacred or clerical.
Temporal power, temporal courts
Spiritual➦
Consisting of spirit; not material; incorporeal.
A spiritual substance or being
Temporal➦
(relational) Relating to time:
Spiritual➦
Of or relating to the intellectual and higher endowments of the mind; mental; intellectual.
Temporal➦
Of limited time, transient, passing, not perpetual, as opposed to eternal.
Spiritual➦
Not lay or temporal; relating to sacred things; ecclesiastical.
The spiritual functions of the clergy; lords spiritual and temporal; a spiritual corporation
Temporal➦
Of or relating to time as distinguished from space.
Spiritual➦
A Christian religious song, especially one in an African-American style, or a similar non-religious song.
Temporal➦
Of or relating to the sequence of time or to a particular time.
Spiritual➦
Any spiritual function, office, or affair.
He assigns supremacy to the pope in spirituals, and to the emperor in temporals. — Lowell.
Temporal➦
(grammar) Relating to or denoting time or tense.
Spiritual➦
Consisting of spirit; not material; incorporeal; as, a spiritual substance or being.
It is sown a natural body, it is raised a spiritual body.
Temporal➦
Of or situated in the temples of the head or the sides of the skull behind the orbits.
Spiritual➦
Of or pertaining to the intellectual and higher endowments of the mind; mental; intellectual.
Temporal➦
Anything temporal or secular; a temporality.
Spiritual➦
Of or pertaining to the moral feelings or states of the soul, as distinguished from the external actions; reaching and affecting the spirits.
God's law is spiritual; it is a transcript of the divine nature, and extends its authority to the acts of the soul of man.
Temporal➦
(skeleton) temporal bone
Spiritual➦
Of or pertaining to the soul or its affections as influenced by the Spirit; controlled and inspired by the divine Spirit; proceeding from the Holy Spirit; pure; holy; divine; heavenly-minded; - opposed to carnal.
That I may impart unto you some spiritual gift.
Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who hath blessed us with all spiritual blessings.
If a man be overtaken in a fault, ye which are spiritual, restore such an one.
Temporal➦
(zootomy) Any of a reptile's scales on the side of the head between the parietal and supralabial scales, and behind the postocular scales.
Spiritual➦
Not lay or temporal; relating to sacred things; ecclesiastical; as, the spiritual functions of the clergy; lords spiritual and temporal; a spiritual corporation.
Temporal➦
Of or pertaining to the temple or temples; as, the temporal bone; a temporal artery.
Spiritual➦
A spiritual function, office, or affair. See Spirituality, 2.
He assigns supremacy to the pope in spirituals, and to the emperor in temporals.
Temporal➦
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.
Is this an hour for temporal affairs?
Spiritual➦
A kind of religious song originated by Blacks in the southern United States
Temporal➦
Civil or political, as distinguished from ecclesiastical; as, temporal power; temporal courts.
Spiritual➦
Concerned with sacred matters or religion or the church;
Religious texts
A nenber if a religious order
Lords temporal and spiritual
Spiritual leaders
Spiritual songs
Temporal➦
Anything temporal or secular; a temporality; - used chiefly in the plural.
He assigns supremacy to the pope in spirituals, and to the emperor or temporals.
Spiritual➦
Concerned with or affecting the spirit or soul;
A spiritual approach to life
Spiritual fulfillment
Spiritual values
Unearthly love
Temporal➦
The semantic role of the noun phrase that designating the time of the state or action denoted by the verb
Spiritual➦
Lacking material body or form or substance;
Spiritual beings
The vital transcendental soul belonging to the spiritual realm
Temporal➦
Not eternal;
Temporal matters of but fleeting moment
Spiritual➦
Like or being a phantom;
A ghostly face at the window
A phantasmal presence in the room
Spectral emanations
Spiritual tappings at a seance
Temporal➦
Of or relating to or limited by time;
Temporal processing
Temporal dimensions
Temporal and spacial boundaries
Music is a temporal art
Temporal➦
Of or relating to the temples (the sides of the skull behind the orbit);
Temporal bone
Temporal➦
Of the material world;
Temporal possessions of the church
Temporal➦
Concerned with secular rather than sacred matters;
Lords temporal and spiritual
Temporal➦
Of this earth or world;
Temporal joys
Our temporal existence