corporeal
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[edit] Etymology
From Latin corporeus, from corpus (“body”).
[edit] Pronunciation
[edit] Adjective
corporeal (comparative more corporeal, superlative most corporeal)
- That which is material; tangible; physical.
- His omnipotence That to corporeal substance could add Speed almost spiritual. - Milton
- Of or pertaining to the body; bodily.
- 2000, Margaret Atwood, The Blind Assassin:
- She is always diagnosing me. My corporeal health is of almost as much interest to her as my spiritual health: she is especially proprietary about my bowels.
- 2000, Margaret Atwood, The Blind Assassin:
- (archaic) Corporal.
[edit] Translations
bodily