Corporeal

Corporeal
Corporeal Cor*po"re*al (k[^o]r*p[=o]"r[-e]*al), a. [L. corporeus, fr. corpus body.] Having a body; consisting of, or pertaining to, a material body or substance; material; -- opposed to {spiritual} or {immaterial}. [1913 Webster]

His omnipotence That to corporeal substance could add Speed almost spiritual. --Milton. [1913 Webster]

{Corporeal property}, such as may be seen and handled (as opposed to incorporeal, which can not be seen or handled, and exists only in contemplation). --Mozley & W.

Syn: Corporal; bodily. See {Corporal}. [1913 Webster]


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  • corporeal — cor·po·re·al /kȯr pōr ē əl/ adj: having, consisting of, or relating to a physical material body compare incorporeal cor·po·re·al·ly adv Merriam Webster’s Dictionary of Law. Merriam Webster. 1996 …   Law dictionary

  • Corporeal — may refer to: Corporeal undead, See also: Category:Corporeal undead Matter (corporeal, or actual, physical substance or matter) Body, of or relating to the body Corporeal (Altar Linen) A term devised by Harry Partch to describe his philosophy of… …   Wikipedia

  • corporéal — ● corporéal, corporéale, corporéaux adjectif (latin corporealis) Qui a trait au corps d un organe (en particulier de l utérus) …   Encyclopédie Universelle

  • corporeal — early 15c., with adj. suffix AL (Cf. al) (1), from L. corporeus of the nature of a body, from corpus body (living or dead), from PIE *kwrpes, from root *kwrep body, form, appearance, probably from a verbal root meaning to appear (Cf. Skt. krp… …   Etymology dictionary

  • corporeal — 1 *material, physical, sensible, phenomenal, objective Analogous words: actual, *real: tangible, palpable, ponderable, *perceptible Antonyms: incorporeal Contrasted words: intangible, impalpable, *imperceptible, insensible, imponderable 2 * …   New Dictionary of Synonyms

  • corporeal — [adj] bodily, physical anatomical, carnal, corporal, fleshly, fleshy, human, material, mortal, objective, phenomenal, sensible, somatic, substantial, tangible; concept 542 Ant. cerebral, immaterial, intangible, mental, spiritual …   New thesaurus

  • corporeal — ► ADJECTIVE ▪ relating to a person s body; physical rather than spiritual. DERIVATIVES corporeality noun. ORIGIN Latin corporealis, from corpus body …   English terms dictionary

  • corporeal — [kôr pôr′ē əl] adj. [< L corporeus < corpus: see CORPUS] 1. of, for, or having the nature of, the body; physical; bodily; not spiritual 2. of a material nature; perceptible by the senses; tangible SYN. BODILY, MATERIAL corporeally adv …   English World dictionary

  • corporeal — corporal, corporeal Both words are now largely restricted to particular uses. Corporal means ‘relating to the human body’ and is found chiefly in the expression corporal punishment (beating, spanking, etc., now effectively banned in schools in… …   Modern English usage

  • corporeal — /karporiyal/ A term descriptive of such things as have an objective, material existence; perceptible by the senses of sight and touch; possessing a real body. Opposed to incorporeal and spiritual. There is a distinction between corporeal and… …   Black's law dictionary

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