incorporeity

[ in-kawr-puh-ree-i-tee ]

noun

1. the quality of being incorporeal; disembodied existence or entity; incorporeality.

Word History and Origins

Origin of incorporeity¹

1595–1605; < Medieval Latin incorporeitās, equivalent to Latin incorpore ( us ) incorporeal + -itās -ity

Example Sentences

The arguments for the existence, unity, and incorporeity of God divide the Arabic philosophers into two schools.

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Thought of the divine incorporeity was suggested by absence of any altar-image.

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Whose capacity embraces spirituality, immateriality, incorporeity, or the mysteries of which he is every day informed?

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This problem—the incorporeity of Matter, or a near approach to it—has been a favourite subject of speculation in all ages.

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But this incorporeity is little more than a negative quality.

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