Corpus Christi
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Latin , meaning “body of Christ”.
Proper noun[edit]
Corpus Christi
- (Christianity) A feast day in honor of the Eucharist, observed by Roman Catholics and high-church Anglicans on the Thursday after Trinity Sunday.
- A coastal city, the county seat of Nueces County, Texas.
- (Cambridge University, informal) Ellipsis of Corpus Christi College, Cambridge..
- (Oxford University, informal) Ellipsis of Corpus Christi College, Oxford..
Translations[edit]
festival in honour of the Eucharist
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