corporeal
[kawr-pawr-ee-uhl, -pohr-]
adjective
of the nature of the physical body; bodily.
material; tangible: corporeal property.
Origin of corporeal
1375–1425; late Middle English < Latin corpore(us) bodily (corpor- (stem of corpus) body + -eus adj. suffix) + -al1
Synonyms for corporeal
1. See physical.
Antonyms for corporeal
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Related Words for corporeal
material, carnal, corporal, fleshly, fleshy, human, mortal, objective, phenomenal, sensible, substantial, tangible, somatic, anatomicalExamples from the Web for corporeal
Contemporary Examples of corporeal
To great effect, Cunningham plays with the correspondence between the corporeal and the emotional.
Many of the scenes deal with the grim obsessions of old age: sexual futility, corporeal decrepitude, and death.
Historical Examples of corporeal
Tertullian believes that the soul is corporeal, and that it has a certain figure.
The Phantom WorldAugustin Calmet
The spirit ennobled can bid defiance to any amount of corporeal pain.
Henry IV, Makers of HistoryJohn S. C. Abbott
Corporal punishment; corporeal or material form or substance.
The VerbalistThomas Embly Osmun, (AKA Alfred Ayres)
There is a fable comparing the corporeal body to the body politic.
Watch Yourself Go ByAl. G. Field
Besides, if he were corporeal, he could not create bodies any more than we can.
A History of Mediaeval Jewish PhilosophyIsaac Husik
corporeal
adjective
Word Origin for corporeal
C17: from Latin corporeus, from corpus body
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corporeal
[kôr-pôr′ē-əl]
adj.
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