temporale
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.19 in modern English
13
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
3
Syllables
8
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
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.
noun
A rainy wind that blows into Central America from the southwest during the summer, often bringing stormy weather.
Example Sentences
- "The third and final volume of the temporale employs a different stave height and was clearly written later."
- "In the Roman rite, this period of the year is known as ‘ordinary time’ and, like the Old Hispanic rite, mostly uses quotidian materials for the temporale."
- "Only two storms, Emily and Jennifer, developed over the Pacific; and of these, Emily formed within a temporale, over southern Mexico, that occurred in the wake of hurricane Camille."
Etymology
Borrowed from Ecclesiastical Latin temporāle, substantivisation of temporālis (“of or pertaining to time”).
Inflected Forms
Phrases
Frequently Paired Words
sanctorale
planum temporale