Meaning of corporeal in English

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  1. Pronunciation
  2. Classifying Adjective
    1. Definitions
  3. Qualitative Adjective
    1. Etymology
    2. Definitions

  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

  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 »

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