Etymology

temporale

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Today it means: 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. Full definition →

Ecclesiastical Latin temporāle
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temporale · noun1

  1. Ecclesiastical Latin · borrowed fromtemporāle
  2. English todaytemporale

Borrowed from Ecclesiastical Latin temporāle, substantivisation of temporālis (“of or pertaining to time”).

temporale · noun2

  1. Spanish · borrowed fromtemporal“storm”
  2. English todaytemporale

Borrowed from Spanish temporal (“storm”), perhaps via back-formation from the plural temporales.

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