Corporeal \Cor*po"re*al\ (k[^o]r*p[=o]"r[-e]*al), a. [L.
corporeus, fr. corpus body.]
Having a body; consisting of, or pertaining to, a material
body or substance; material; -- opposed to spiritual or
immaterial.
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His omnipotence
That to corporeal substance could add
Speed almost spiritual. --Milton.
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Corporeal property, such as may be seen and handled (as
opposed to incorporeal, which can not be seen or handled,
and exists only in contemplation). --Mozley & W.
Syn: Corporal; bodily. See Corporal.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
corporeal
adj 1: having material or physical form or substance; "that which
is created is of necessity corporeal and visible and
tangible" - Benjamin Jowett [syn: material] [ant: incorporeal]
2: affecting or characteristic of the body as opposed to the
mind or spirit; "bodily needs"; "a corporal defect";
"corporeal suffering"; "a somatic symptom or somatic
illness" [syn: bodily, corporal, somatic]
WordNet (r) 2.0
21 Moby Thesaurus words for "corporeal":
bodily, carnal, corporal, earthly, fleshly, gross, hylic, material,
materiate, nonspiritual, objective, phenomenal, physical, secular,
sensible, somatic, substantial, tangible, temporal, unspiritual,
worldly
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
bodily, corporal, material, somatic
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