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corporeal Definition

cor·po·real (kôr pôr′ē əl)

adjective

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

Etymology: < L corporeus < corpus: see corpus

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corporeal Synonyms

corporeal

modif.

human, mortal, material; see bodily 1, physical 1. See syn. study at bodily, physical.

corporeal Usage Examples

Adjective complement with noun phrase

  • have: How could it be that our thoughts, which have something corporeal in them, namely, movement, are not themselves corporeal?

Modifies a noun

  • substance: Instead on the corporeal side you have lots of bits of corporeal substance.
  • existence: Here you will have learned Duty at the cost of your corporeal existence.
  • being: Because we are spiritual as well as corporeal beings, balance can only be achieved when both of these aspects are addressed.
  • reality: As he looked up in awe, the immaterial coalesced into corporeal reality as the Goddess herself appeared.
  • body: His thoughts swirled around his corporeal body which was losing its edges fast.
  • object: In other words, we do not perceive sensations; we directly perceive ideas and via these ideas we indirectly perceive corporeal objects.

Modifying Another Word

  • not: If it is not corporeal, it is not subject to division or change.
  • purely: Many angels will disapprove of their fellows for purely corporeal activities, in a most bigoted way.

Preposition: in

  • piece: Hell Emio Greco and Pieter C Scholten explore the world of the corporeal in this visceral piece of contemporary dance.