Definify.com
Webster 1913 Edition
Corporeal
Cor-po′re-al
(kôr-pō′rē̍-al)
, Adj.
[L.
corporeus
, fr. corpus
body.] Having a body; consisting of, or pertaining to, a material body or substance; material; – opposed to
spiritual
or immaterial
. His omnipotence
That to
Speed almost spiritual.
That to
corporeal
substance could addSpeed almost spiritual.
Milton.
Syn. – Corporal; bodily. See
Corporal
. Webster 1828 Edition
Corporeal
CORPOREAL
, CORPOREOUS,Adj.
Definition 2024
corporeal
corporeal
English
Adjective
corporeal (comparative more corporeal, superlative most corporeal)
- Material; tangible; physical.
- His omnipotence That to corporeal substance could add Speed almost spiritual. - Milton
- (Can we clean up(+) this sense?) Of or pertaining to the body; bodily.
- 2000, Margaret Atwood, The Blind Assassin:
- She is always diagnosing me. My corporeal health is of almost as much interest to her as my spiritual health: she is especially proprietary about my bowels.
-
- (Can we clean up(+) this sense?) (archaic) Corporal.
Synonyms
Antonyms
Derived terms
Translations
bodily