Corporeal Definition

kôr-pôrē-əl
adjective
Of, for, or having the nature of, the body; physical; bodily; not spiritual.
Webster's New World
Existing or manifesting in bodily form.
American Heritage
Of a material nature; perceptible by the senses; tangible.
Webster's New World

(archaic) Corporal.

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Origin of Corporeal

  • From Latin corporeus from corpus corpor- body kwrep- in Indo-European roots

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • From Latin corporeus, from corpus (“body”); compare corporal.

    From Wiktionary

Corporeal Sentence Examples

  • But the mind is a corporeal thing.

  • This Light is not corporeal and yet is the fundamental reality of things.

  • He took corporeal shape as a huge crab that lay floating, face upwards, upon the waters.

  • But the matter of spiritual beings is widely different from the matter of corporeal things.

  • Many angels will disapprove of their fellows for purely corporeal activities, in a most bigoted way.

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CCOCOR

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LALEAL

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