corposant

/ (ˈkɔːpəˌzænt) /

noun

Nearby words

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

Word Origin for corposant

C17: from Portuguese corpo-santo, literally: holy body, from Latin corpus sanctum

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Examples from the Web for corposant

I had seen a ship, and there she was to leeward of us, with the corposant clinging to one of her spars.
The Log of a Privateersman|Harry Collingwood
Corposant, kor′po-zant, n. St Elmo's fire, a ball of fire sometimes seen about a ship during a storm.
Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 1 of 4: A-D)|Various