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corporeal

Syllabification: (cor·po·re·al)
Pronunciation: /kôrˈpôrēəl/
Definition of corporeal

adjective

  • of or relating to a person’s body, especially as opposed to their spirit:he was frank about his corporeal appetites
  • having a body:a corporeal God
  • Law consisting of material objects; tangible:corporeal property

Derivatives

corporeality

Pronunciation: /kôrˌpôrēˈalitē/
noun

corporeally

adverb

Origin:

late Middle English (in the sense 'material'): from late Latin corporealis, from Latin corporeus 'bodily, physical', from corpus, corpor- 'body'

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