temporal power, n.All

Temporal power (n.) was ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠born when sacred kings, weighed down by taboo, could no longer act — and practical men, willing to renounce the honours, took over real affairs.