corporeity

[ kawr-puh-ree-i-tee ]

/ ˌkɔr pəˈri ɪ ti /

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noun

material or physical nature or quality; materiality.

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Origin of corporeity

1615–25; <Medieval Latin corporeitās, equivalent to Latin corpore(us) corporeal + -itās-ity

Words nearby corporeity

corporatism, corporative, corporatize, corporator, corporeal, corporeity, corposant, corps, corps de ballet, corps diplomatique, corpse

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How to use corporeity in a sentence

If the body be the composite of all the qualities together with matter, this totality of qualities will constitute corporeity.
Plotinos: Complete Works, v. 3|Plotinos (Plotinus)
That strange and beautiful psychology which he employs, with its evanescent delicacies, has not sufficient corporeity.
English Critical Essays|Various
It is, however, plain that a sets forth the Divine knowledge of man in his first rudiments of corporeity.
The Expositor's Bible: The Psalms, Volume III|Alexander Maclaren
If I destroy their corporeity, then I take them back into mine, and say: "I alone am corporeal."
The Ego and His Own|Max Stirner

The pious wish of the ancients was sanctity, the pious wish of the moderns is corporeity.
The Ego and His Own|Max Stirner

British Dictionary definitions for corporeity

corporeity

/ (ˌkɔːpəˈriːɪtɪ) /

noun

bodily or material nature or substance; physical existence; corporeality

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