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incorporeal Definition

in·cor·po·real (in′kôr pôr′ē əl)

adjective

  1. not consisting of matter; without material body or substance
  2. of spirits or angels
  3. Law without physical existence in itself but belonging as a right to a material thing or property, as a patent, copyright, etc.

Etymology: L incorporeus (see incorporeity) + -al

incorporeal Related Forms
in′·cor·po′·real·ly adverb
incorporeal Synonyms

incorporeal

modif.

  1. Insubstantial

    spiritual, bodiless, ethereal; see immaterial 2.

  2. Divine

    celestial, angelic, deistic; see divine 1, eternal 2.

incorporeal Law Definition

adj

Having no tangible existence.
incorporeal Usage Examples

Modifies a noun

  • substance: As Mortimer Adler says, An incorporeal substance is a possible mode of being.
  • property: Your use of any such incorporeal property is at your own risk.
  • spirit: There is a common error which prevents a proper appreciation of the influence of the incorporeal spirits on the material creation.
  • right: The hereditament was not just restricted to an incorporeal right of patronage, but was the built into the foundation of the Commandery.
  • form: There was nothing he could do, his incorporeal form allowed him to take no action in their defense.
  • character: The incorporeal characters are ambiguous - do they exist invisible to us or are they the creations of Hamlet's mental torment?