corporeal

American  

[kawr-pawr-ee-uhl, -pohr-] / kɔrˈpɔr i əl, -ˈpoʊr- /

adjective

1. of the nature of the physical body; bodily.

   Antonyms:

   spiritual

2. material; tangible.

   corporeal property.

   Antonyms:

   intangible

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corporeal British  

/ kɔːˈpɔːrɪəl /

adjective

1. of the nature of the physical body; not spiritual

2. of a material nature; physical

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Related Words

See physical.

Other Word Forms

• corporeality noun
• corporeally adverb
• corporealness noun
• noncorporeal adjective
• noncorporeality noun
• transcorporeal adjective

Etymology

Origin of corporeal

First recorded in 1375–1425; late Middle English, from Latin corpore(us) “bodily” ( corpor- (stem of corpus “body”) + -eus adjective suffix) + -al ¹

Example Sentences

Backed into a corner by the threat of a career-ending scandal—one that would not only undo her but also her blithely trusting editor — Elizabeth agrees to make the fantasy corporeal.

From Salon

These, however, also feel funereal, like death masks taken after a long-suffering friend has been freed finally from corporeal struggles.

From The Wall Street Journal

He said that in all the monasteries he had visited "no Buddhists regard these as corporeal relics".

From BBC

Before that, Serra could most often be found mining France’s centuries past for mordant tableau vivants of corporeal concern, most notably in his protracted bedchamber drama “The Death of Louis XIV.”

From Los Angeles Times

The American people need to engage in mass protests and other forms of corporeal politics.

From Salon