corporeity
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of corporeity
1615–25; < Medieval Latin corporeitās, equivalent to Latin corpore ( us ) corporeal + -itās -ity
Example Sentences
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The two ideas are correlative, you cannot part them—suffering and reluctance, a perfectly innocent, natural, inevitable, human instinct, inseparable from corporeity, that makes men recoil from pain.
From Expositions of Holy Scripture St. Luke by Alexander Maclaren
The corporeity of angels and devils is distinguished on the principle of rarum et densum, thin or thick.
From Amenities of Literature Consisting of Sketches and Characters of English Literature by Isaac Disraeli
Around the centre of the sentient individuality these specifications arrange themselves more simply than when they are developed in the natural corporeity.
From Hegel's Philosophy of Mind by Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel
Finally, the draughtsman in full possession of a feeling for the corporeity of the object will determine his contour entirely from within, a procedure which is the exact opposite to that of his first beginnings.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 7 "Drama" to "Dublin" by Various
I believe that the corporeity of our future life is essential to the perfection of it.
From Expositions of Holy Scripture : St. Matthew Chaps. IX to XXVIII by Alexander Maclaren
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