corporal
Having a physical, tangible body; material, corporeal.
Adjective
- Having a physical, tangible body; material, corporeal.
- Into the air; and what seem'd corporal melted as breath into the wind. - c. 1606 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Macbeth”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First...
- Of or pertaining to the body, especially the human body; bodily.
- corporal punishment
- corporal suffering
- Pertaining to the body (the thorax and abdomen), as distinguished from the head, limbs and wings, etc.
- The smaller 9 9 have less elongated fins, drabber corporal colors, and more transparent fins. - 1998, Rüdiger Riehl, Aquarium Atlas, volume 3, page 572:
Origin
From Middle English corporal, corporall, corporel, corporell, from Old French corporal (French corporel), from Latin corporālis, from Latin corpus (“body”); compare corporeal.
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bicorporal corporality corporally corporalness corporal punishment corporalship extracorporal incorporal intracorporal noncorporal tricorporal uncorporal
Noun government, military
- A non-commissioned officer army rank with NATO code OR-4. The rank below a sergeant but above a lance corporal and private.
- A non-commissioned officer rank in the police force, below a sergeant but above a private or patrolman.
- A worker in charge of the wagonway, reporting to the deputy.
- A dragonfly of the genus Ladona.
Origin
From French caporal, probably influenced by corporal (above), from the Italian caporale, from capo (“head, leader”) from Latin caput (“head”).
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corporal's guard lance corporal letter corporal saddler-corporal ship's corporal
Noun ecclesiastical, lifestyle
- The white linen cloth on which the elements of the Eucharist are placed; a communion cloth.
- He had […] many corporals, chalice-veils, and sudaria - 1891, Oscar Wilde, chapter XI, in The Picture of Dorian Gray, London; New York, N.Y.: Ward Lock & Co., →OCLC:
Origin
From Middle English corporall, corporalle, from the Latin corporāle, the neuter of corporālis representing the doctrine of transubstantiation in which the Eucharist becomes the body of Christ.