Meaning of corporeal in English

1. Pronunciation

   /kɔrˈpɔriəl/

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1. Classifying Adjective

   corporeal

   Definitions

   1. affecting or characteristic of the body as opposed to the mind or spirit

   Examples

   • « bodily needs »
   • « a corporal defect »
   • « corporeal suffering »
   • « a somatic symptom or somatic illness »

   Synonyms

   • physical

2. Qualitative Adjective

   corporeal

   Etymology

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

   Definitions

   1. having material or physical form or substance

   Examples

   • « that which is created is of necessity corporeal and visible and tangible - Benjamin Jowett »

   Synonyms

   • bodily
   • bodied
   • corporal
   • corporate
   • embodied
   • incarnate
   • reincarnate

   Antonyms

   • incorporeal
   • immaterial

See also

• bodied