corporeity

[ kawr-puh-ree-i-tee ]

/ ˌkɔr pəˈri ɪ ti /

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noun

material or physical nature or quality; materiality.

Words nearby corporeity

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

Origin of corporeity

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

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Examples from the Web for corporeity

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
The corporeity of angels and devils is distinguished on the principle of rarum et densum, thin or thick.
Amenities of Literature|Isaac Disraeli
The big water surface was as a corporeity radiating from the beholder existing only in and with the beholder.
On the Seaboard|August Strindberg
Corporeity, the other, by which they are distinguish'd one from the other, viz.
The Improvement of Human Reason|Ibn Tufail

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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