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Webster 1913 Edition
Corps
1.
The human body, whether living or dead.
[Obs.]
See
Corpse
, 1. By what craft in my
corps
, it cometh [commences] and where. Piers Plowman.
2.
A body of men; esp., an organized division of the military establishment;
as, the marine
; specifically, an army corps. corps
; the corps
of topographical engineersA
corps
operating with an army should consist of three divisions of the line, a brigade of artillery, and a regiment of cavalry. Gen. Upton (U. S. Tactics. )
3.
A body or code of laws.
[Obs.]
The whole
corps
of the law. Bacon.
4.
(Eccl.)
The land with which a prebend or other ecclesiastical office is endowed.
[Obs.]
The prebendaries over and above their reserved rents have a
corps
. Bacon.
Army corps
, or (French) Corps d’armée
(kō̍rˊ därˊmā̍′)
a body containing two or more divisions of a large army, organized as a complete army in itself.
– ‖Corps de logis
(kō̍rˊ de lō̍ˊzhē̍′)
[F., body of the house]
, the principal mass of a building, considered apart from its wings.
– Corps diplomatique
(k[GREEK]r d[GREEK]ˊpl[GREEK]ˊm[GREEK]-t[GREEK]k′)
[F., diplomatic body]
, the body of ministers or envoys accredited to a government.
Webster 1828 Edition
Corps
CORPS
,Noun.
1.
In military language, a body of troops; any division of an army; as a corps de reserve.2.
A body, in contempt, as used by Milton and Dryden, but probably pronounced in the English manner, as corpse.3.
A carcase; a dead body. [See Corpse.]4.
In architecture, any part that projects beyond a wall, serving as the ground of some decoration.