noun
Origin: Port corpo santo, holy body < L corpus sanctum, holy body
See corposant in American Heritage Dictionary 4
noun
Origin:
Origin: Portuguese
Origin: and obsolete Spanish corpo santo
Origin: , both from Latin corpus sānctum, holy body
Origin: : corpus, body; see kwrep- in Indo-European roots
Origin: + sānctus, holy
Origin: , past participle of sancīre, to consecrate; see sak- in Indo-European roots
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