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corporeal

  • /kɔːɹˈpɔːɹiəl/
  • /kɔːˈpɔːɹiəl/

Rhymes with -ɔːɹiəl

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From Middle English corporealle, equivalent to Latin corporeus + -al, from corpus (“body”); compare corporal.

adjective more corporeal · most corporeal

  1. Material; tangible; physical. His omnipotence That to corporeal substance could add Speed almost spiritual.
  2. archaic Pertaining to the body; bodily; corporal.

Similar: substantial, earthly

noun corporeals

  1. A corporeal entity; a physical being.

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