temporale

Examples

• All

• The temporale includes important dates like Easter.

• Understanding the temporale helps clergy plan the church's annual schedule of services.

• The choir prepared special hymns for the temporale celebrations during Easter.

• During the temporale, many churches hold special services.

• The temporale is significant for Christians, as it encompasses the celebrations of moving feasts like Easter.

• During the temporale, the church observes various feast days that vary from year to year.

• The liturgical calendar includes the temporale, which features special celebrations tied to the changing dates of Easter.

Synonyms

C

church calendar

vstemporale

1 3.6

A calendar showing Christian holy days, festivals, and fasting times throughout the year

is a narrower section covering only movable feast dates

C

church year

vstemporale

1 5.1

A yearly cycle of seasons and special days that Christians observe, like Christmas and Easter

is the part within that cycle devoted to movable feasts

E

ecclesiastical calendar

vstemporale

• Formal

9.9

A plan of the Christian year showing dates of fasts and holy days like Easter

is the part that focuses only on movable feasts like Easter

Compounds

O

os temporale

• Specialized

9.2

A bone on the side of the skull that holds and protects the inner ear

Surface Forms

Etymology