corporeal
Americanadjective
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of the nature of the physical body; bodily.
- Antonyms:
- spiritual
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material; tangible.
corporeal property.
- Antonyms:
- intangible
adjective
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of the nature of the physical body; not spiritual
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of a material nature; physical
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
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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 • Nov. 14, 2025
He said that in all the monasteries he had visited "no Buddhists regard these as corporeal relics".
From BBC • Jul. 31, 2025
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 • Jul. 18, 2025
These patrons continue to misunderstand the corporeal appeal of someone like Joe Rogan, an allure that can’t be articulated within the bloodless context of a boardroom meeting.
From Slate • May 21, 2025
It was mournful, indeed, to witness the subjugation of that vigorous spirit to a corporeal infirmity.
From "Jane Eyre" by Charlotte Brontë
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