corporeal
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Definition of corporeal
1 : having, consisting of, or relating to a physical material body: such as
a : not spiritual … some few traces of a diviner nature which look out through his corporeal baseness … —Robert Browning
b : not immaterial or intangible : substantial corporeal property
2 archaic : corporal
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Synonyms & Antonyms for corporeal
Synonyms
animal, bodily, carnal, corporal, fleshly, material, physical, somatic
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Cable subscribers who are used to conventional, corporeal sports. — Eric Van Allen, WIRED, "Live on ESPN: Is Esports Finally Ready for Its Crossover Moment?," 11 July 2018 Spellbound’s artists will lead the audience through the corporeal journey. — Kt Hawbaker, chicagotribune.com, "The Chicago Children's Theatre announces inclusive 2018-19 season," 9 May 2018 Now, after being given a corporeal form, all the little prince needs is a name. — Kelly Conaboy, The Cut, "7 Unbiased Name Suggestions for Duchess Kate’s Third Child," 23 Apr. 2018 At age 93, iconic Sacramento priest Monsignor Edward Kavanagh had only one desire left: to leave the corporeal world on St. Patrick’s Day and spend it instead with his favorite saint above. — Anita Chabria, sacbee, "‘He was not timid’: Longtime Sacramento priest loved his parishioners, native Ireland | The Sacramento Bee," 17 Mar. 2018 A few years before the story started, the god Eothas supposedly took on corporeal form as a farmer named Waidwen and started a holy war, and the opposing side blew him up with a bomb constructed with the help of the other gods. — Thomas Wells, Ars Technica, "An appreciation of games that click back and change the gamers who love them," 16 Jan. 2018 In recent years, political geeks have eagerly cataloged and compared the corporeal quirks of presidential candidates in search of patterns that reveal what the American people are looking for in a leader. — Newsweek, "Analysis," 14 Mar. 2018 And though her words may shock and at times nauseate, Han’s corporeal investigations appear in service of a less horrifying goal: stealing a glimpse at the gentler, sturdier stuff that has no form—the soul. — The Editors, The Atlantic, "The Best Books We Read in 2017," 22 Dec. 2017 In another work, a shiny row of human teeth gets repurposed as the spine of a beast perched on a man’s head: an animalistic portrait of the human psyche, joyfully unleashed yet inextricably linked to its corporeal host. — Jane Yong Kim, The Atlantic, "The Sad, Ecstatic Passions of Carol Rama," 3 Sep. 2017These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'corporeal.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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'Corporal' vs. 'Corporeal'
'Corporal' vs. 'Corporeal'
These look alike, but do different jobs
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The first known use of corporeal was in the 15th century
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English Language Learners Definition of corporeal
: having or consisting of a physical body or form
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Kids Definition of corporeal
: having, consisting of, or relating to a physical body Where was her body? … The corporeal Meg simply was not. —Madeleine L'Engle, A Wrinkle in Time
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Medical Definition of corporeal
: having, consisting of, or relating to a physical material body
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Legal Definition of corporeal
: having, consisting of, or relating to a physical material body — compare incorporeal
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