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corporeal

cor·po·real

UK/kɔːɹˈpɔːɹiəl/ US/kɔːˈpɔːɹiəl/ uncommon archaic

adjective

1.

having material or physical form or substance

  • “that which is created is of necessity corporeal and visible and tangible” Benjamin Jowett
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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”
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Origin

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

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