Corporeal

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  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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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  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}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  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