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Cor"po*ra*ture (k˘r"p?-r?-t?r), n. The state of being embodied; bodily existence. [Obs.] Dr. H. More.

Cor*po"re*al (k˘r*pō"r&esl;*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.

His omnipotence That to corporeal substance could add Speed almost spiritual. Milton.

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.

Cor*po"re*al*ism (-?z'm), n. Materialism. Cudworth.

Cor*po"re*al*ist (k&obreve;r*pō"r&esl;*al*&ibreve;st), n. One who denies the reality of spiritual existences; a materialist.

Some corporealists pretended . . . to make a world without a God. Bp. Berkeley.

Cor*po`re*al"i*ty (-?l"?-t?), n.: pl. Corporealities (-t&ibreve;z). The state of being corporeal; corporeal existence.

Cor*po"re*al*ly (k&obreve;r*pō"r&esl;*al*l&ybreve;), adv. In the body; in a bodily form or manner.

Cor*po"re*al*ness (-n?s), n. Corporeality; corporeity.

Cor`po*re"i*ty (k?r`p?-r?"?-t?), n. [LL. corporeitas: cf. F. corpor&?;it&?;.] The state of having a body; the state of being corporeal; materiality.

The one attributed corporeity to God. Bp. Stillingfleet.

Those who deny light to be matter, do not therefore deny its corporeity. Coleridge.

Cor*por"i*fy (k?r-p?r"?-f?), v. t. [L. corpus body + -fy: cf. F. corporifier.] To embody; to form into a body. [Obs.] Boyle.

Cor"po*sant (k?r"p?-z?nt), n. [It. corpo santo holy body.] St. Elmo's fire. See under Saint.

Corps (kōr, pl. kōrz), n. sing. & pl. [F., fr. L. corpus body. See Corpse.] 1. The human body, whether living or dead. [Obs.] See Corpse, 1.

By what craft in my corps, it cometh [commences] and where. Piers Plowman.

2. A body of men; esp., an organized division of the military establishment; as, the marine corps; the corps of topographical engineers; specifically, an army corps.

A corps operating with an army should consist of three divisions of the line, a brigade of artillery, and a regiment of cavalry. Gen. Upton (U. S. Tactics. )

3. A body or code of laws. [Obs.]

The whole corps of the law. Bacon.

4. (Eccl.) The land with which a prebend or other ecclesiastical office is endowed. [Obs.]

The prebendaries over and above their reserved rents have a corps. Bacon.

Army corps, or (French) Corps d'armÚe (k&osl;r` dńr`m&asl;"), a body containing two or more divisions of a large army, organized as a complete army in itself. -- ||Corps de logis (k&osl;r` de l&osl;`zh&esl;") [F., body of the house], the principal mass of a building, considered apart from its wings. -- Corps diplomatique (k&?;r d&?;`pl&?;`m&?;-t&?;k") [F., diplomatic body], the body of ministers or envoys accredited to a government.

Corpse (k˘rps), n. [OF. cors (sometimes written corps), F. corps, L. corpus; akin to AS. hrif womb. See Midriff, and cf. Corse, Corselet, Corps, Cuerpo.] 1. A human body in general, whether living or dead; -- sometimes contemptuously. [Obs.]

&fist; Formerly written (after the French form) corps. See Corps, n., 1.

2. The dead body of a human being; -- used also Fig.