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American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition

  1. adv. For the time being; temporarily.

Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

  1. n. For the time being; temporary: as, a secretary pro tempore. Abbreviated pro tem.

WordNet 3.0

  1. adv. for the time being; temporarily.
  2. adj. for the time being

Etymologies

  1. Latin prō tempore : prō, for + tempore, ablative of tempus, time. (American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition)

Examples

  • “I have essential obligations to the translation and notes of the Abbe de la Bleterie, (Vie de Jovien, tom.ii. p. 1-138.)] 21 Ammianus very justly remarks, Coactus dissimulare pro tempore ira sufflabatur interna.”

    The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire

  • “* An pro tempore illa bona erant, flendo petere etiam quod noxie daretur; indignari acriter non subjectis hominibus, liberis et majoribus, hisque a quibus genitus est; multisque praeterea prudentioribus, non ad nutum voluntatis obtemperantibus, feriendo nocere niti, quantum potest, quia non obeditur imperiis quibus perniciose obediretur?”

    Pneumatologia

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equivalents (2)

Other words for ‘pro tempore’

  1. impermanent
  1. temporary

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Words that contain this word in their definition

  1. pro tem
  1. pro tempore
  1. president pro tem
  1. p.t.

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