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–adjective

living or occurring during the same period of time; contemporary.

[Origin: 1650–60; < L contemporāneus, equiv. to con- con- + tempor- (s. of tempus time) + -āneus (-ān(us) -an + -eus -eous)

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con·tem·po·ra·ne·ous·ly, adverb

—Synonyms simultaneous, concurrent. See contemporary.

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adj. Originating, existing, or happening during the same period of time: the contemporaneous reigns of two monarchs. See Synonyms at contemporary.

[Latin contemporāneus : com-, com- + tempus, tempor-, time + -āneus, adj. suff.]

con·tem'po·ra·ne'i·ty (-pər-ə-nē'ĭ-tē, -nā'-), con·tem'po·ra'ne·ous·ness n., con·tem'po·ra'ne·ous·ly adv.

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contemporaneous
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1.	occurring in the same period of time; "a rise in interest rates is often contemporaneous with an increase in inflation"; "the composer Salieri was contemporary with Mozart"
2.	of the same period [syn: coetaneous]

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Con*tem`po*ra"ne*ous\, a. [L. contemporaneus; con- + tempus time. See Temporal, and cf. Contemporaneous.] Living, existing, or occurring at the same time; contemporary.

The great age of Jewish philosophy, that of Aben Esra, Maimonides, and Kimchi, had been contemporaneous with the later Spanish school of Arabic philosophy. --Milman -- Con*tem`po*ra"ne*ous*ness, n.

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Contemporaneous

Con*tem`po*ra"ne*ous\, a. [L. contemporaneus; con- + tempus time. See Temporal, and cf. Contemporaneous.] Living, existing, or occurring at the same time; contemporary.

The great age of Jewish philosophy, that of Aben Esra, Maimonides, and Kimchi, had been contemporaneous with the later Spanish school of Arabic philosophy. --Milman -- Con*tem`po*ra"ne*ous*ness, n.

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Con*tem"po*ra*ry\, a. [Pref. con- + L. temporarius of belonging to time, tempus time. See Temporal, and cf. Contemporaneous.]

1. Living, occuring, or existing, at the same time; done in, or belonging to, the same times; contemporaneous.

This king [Henry VIII.] was contemporary with the greatest monarchs of Europe. --Strype.

2. Of the same age; coeval.

A grove born with himself he sees, And loves his old contemporary trees. --Cowley.

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Co*tem`po*ra"ne*ous\ (k?-t?m`p?-r?"n?-?s), a. [See Contemporaneous.] Living or being at the same time; contemporaneous. -- Co*tem`po*ra"ne*ous*ly, adv. -- Co*tem`po*ra"ne*ous*ness, n.

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Contemporaneous

Tem"po*ral\, a. [L. temporalis, fr. tempus, temporis, time, portion of time, the fitting or appointed time: cf. F. temporel. Cf. Contemporaneous, Extempore, Temper, v. t., Tempest, Temple a part of the head, Tense, n., Thing.]

1. 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. --2 Cor. iv. 18.

Is this an hour for temporal affairs? --Shak.

2. Civil or political, as distinguished from ecclesiastical; as, temporal power; temporal courts.

Lords temporal. See under Lord, n.

Temporal augment. See the Note under Augment, n.

Syn: Transient; fleeting; transitory.

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