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The definition of corporeal is something related to your body or something physical or tangible.

(adjective)

An example of corporeal is punishment is inflicting pain on the body.
An example of corporeal is tangible property as opposed to intellectual property.

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See corporeal in Webster's New World College Dictionary

adjective

of, for, or having the nature of, the body; physical; bodily; not spiritual
of a material nature; perceptible by the senses; tangible

Origin: < L corporeus < corpus: see corpus

Related Forms:

corporeally adverb

See corporeal in American Heritage Dictionary 4

adjective

Of, relating to, or characteristic of the body. See Synonyms at bodily.
Of a material nature; tangible.

Origin:

Origin: From Latin corporeus

Origin: , from corpus, corpor-, body; see k^wrep- in Indo-European roots

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Related Forms:

cor·poˌre·alˈi·ty (-ălˈĭ-tē), cor·poˈre·al·ness noun

cor·poˈre·al·ly adverb

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