Part 2442

<hw>Cor*po"re*al*ly</hw> <tt>(k?r-p?"r?-a]/>l-l?)</tt>, <tt>adv.</tt> <def>In the body; in a bodily form or manner.</def>

<h1>Corporealness</h1> <Xpage=326>

<hw>Cor*po"re*al*ness</hw> <tt>(-n?s)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>Corporeality; corporeity.</def>

<h1>Corporeity</h1> <Xpage=326>

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

<blockquote>The one attributed <b>corporeity</b> to God. <i>Bp. Stillingfleet.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>Those who deny light to be matter, do not therefore deny its <b>corporeity</b>. <i>Coleridge.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Corporify</h1> <Xpage=326>

<hw>Cor*por"i*fy</hw> <tt>(k?r-p?r"?-f?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>corpus</ets> body + <ets>-fy</ets>: cf. F. <ets>corporifier</ets>.]</ety> <def>To embody; to form into a body.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Boyle.</i>

<h1>Corposant</h1> <Xpage=326>

<hw>Cor"po*sant</hw> <tt>(k?r"p?-z?nt)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[It. <ets>corpo santo</ets> holy body.]</ety> <def>St. Elmo's fire. See under <er>Saint</er>.</def>

<h1>Corps</h1> <Xpage=326>

<hw>Corps</hw> <tt>(k?r, <it>pl.</it> k?rz)</tt>, <tt>n. sing. & pl.</tt> <ety>[F., fr. L. <ets>corpus</ets> body. See <er>Corpse</er>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>The human body, whether living or dead. <mark>[Obs.]</mark> See <er>Corpse</er>, 1.</def>

<blockquote>By what craft in my <b>corps</b>, it cometh [commences] and where. <i>Piers Plowman.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>A body of men; esp., an organized division of the military establishment; <as>as, the marine <ex>corps</ex>; the <ex>corps</ex> of topographical engineers</as>; specifically, an army corps.</def>

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

<p><b>3.</b> <def>A body or code of laws.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<blockquote>The whole <b>corps</b> of the law. <i>Bacon.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>4.</b> <fld>(Eccl.)</fld> <def>The land with which a prebend or other ecclesiastical office is endowed.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<blockquote>The prebendaries over and above their reserved rents have a <b>corps</b>. <i>Bacon.</i></blockquote>

<cs><mcol><col>Army corps</col>, &or; (French) <col>Corps d'arm\'82e</col> <tt>(k<?/r` d<?/r`m<?/")</tt>, <cd>a body containing two or more divisions of a large army, organized as a complete army in itself.</cd> -- <col>Corps de logis</col> <tt>(k<?/r" d<i>e<i> l<?/`zh<?/")</tt> <ety>[F., body of the house]</ety>, <cd>the principal mass of a building, considered apart from its wings.</cd> -- <col>Corps diplomatique</col> <tt>(k<?/r d<?/`pl<?/`m<?/-t<?/k")</tt> <ety>[F., diplomatic body]</ety>, <cd>the body of ministers or envoys accredited to a government.</cd></cs>

<h1>Corpse</h1> <Xpage=326>

<hw>Corpse</hw> <tt>(k?rps)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[OF. <ets>cors</ets> (sometimes written <ets>corps</ets>), F. <ets>corps</ets>, L. <ets>corpus</ets>; akin to AS. <ets>hrif</ets> womb. See <er>Midriff</er>, and cf. <er>Corse</er>, <er>Corselet</er>, <er>Corps</er>, <er>Cuerpo</er>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>A human body in general, whether living or dead; -- sometimes contemptuosly.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<note>&hand; Formerly written (after the French form) <i>corps</i>. See <er>Corps</er>, <tt>n.</tt>, 1.</note>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>The dead body of a human being; -- used also Fig.</def>

<blockquote>He touched the dead <b>corpse</b> of Public Credit, and it sprung upon its feet. <i>D. Webster.</i></blockquote>

<cs><col>Corpse candle</col>. <sd>(a)</sd> <cd>A thick candle formerly used at a lich wake, or the customary watching with a corpse on the night before its interment. <sd>(b)</sd> A luminous appearance, resembling the flame of a candle, sometimes seen in churchyards and other damp places, superstitiously regarded as portending death.</cd> -- <col>Corpse gate</col>, <cd>the gate of a burial place through which the dead are carried, often having a covered porch; -- called also <altname>lich gate</altname>.</cd></cs>