corporeal

[kawr-pawr-ee-uhl, -pohr-]

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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

Related formscor·po·re·al·i·ty, cor·po·re·al·ness, nouncor·po·re·al·ly, adverbnon·cor·po·re·al, adjectivenon·cor·po·re·al·i·ty, nountrans·cor·po·re·al, adjective

Can be confusedcorporal corporeal

Synonyms for corporeal

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1. See physical.

Antonyms for corporeal

1. spiritual. 2. intangible.

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Related Words for corporeal

material, carnal, corporal, fleshly, fleshy, human, mortal, objective, phenomenal, sensible, substantial, tangible, somatic, anatomical

Examples from the Web for corporeal

Contemporary Examples of corporeal

To great effect, Cunningham plays with the correspondence between the corporeal and the emotional.
Great New Reads
The Daily Beast
October 23, 2010
Many of the scenes deal with the grim obsessions of old age: sexual futility, corporeal decrepitude, and death.
The Nabokov Mess
Nathaniel Rich
November 22, 2009

Historical Examples of corporeal

Tertullian believes that the soul is corporeal, and that it has a certain figure.
The Phantom World
Augustin Calmet
The spirit ennobled can bid defiance to any amount of corporeal pain.
Henry IV, Makers of History
John S. C. Abbott
Corporal punishment; corporeal or material form or substance.
The Verbalist
Thomas Embly Osmun, (AKA Alfred Ayres)
There is a fable comparing the corporeal body to the body politic.
Watch Yourself Go By
Al. G. Field
Besides, if he were corporeal, he could not create bodies any more than we can.
A History of Mediaeval Jewish Philosophy
Isaac Husik

British Dictionary definitions for corporeal

corporeal

adjective

of the nature of the physical body; not spiritual
of a material nature; physical

Derived Formscorporeality or corporealness, nouncorporeally, adverb

Word Origin for corporeal

C17: from Latin corporeus, from corpus body

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Word Origin and History for corporeal

adj.

early 15c., with adjectival suffix -al (1) + Latin corporeus "of the nature of a body," from corpus "body" (living or dead), from PIE *kwrpes, from root *kwrep- "body, form, appearance," probably from a verbal root meaning "to appear" (cf. Sanskrit krp- "form, body," Avestan kerefsh "form, body," Old English hrif "belly," Old High German href "womb, belly, abdomen").

corporeal in Medicine

corporeal

[kôr-pôr′ē-əl]

adj.

Of, relating to, or characteristic of the body.