corporal
adjective
No English definition recorded for this entry.
L7211 on Wikidata ↗noun
- Finnish non-commissioned officer military rank
- military or police rank
Wiktionary
Pronunciation: /ˈkɔːp(ə)ɹəl/ / /ˈkoɹ.pɚ.əl/ / /ˈkoɹ.pɹəl/
adj
Etymology: From Middle English corporal, corporall, corporel, corporell, from Old French corporal (French corporel), from Latin corporālis, from Latin corpus (“body”); compare corporeal.
- Having a physical, tangible body; material, corporeal.
“Into the air; and what seem'd corporal melted as breath into the wind.”
- Of or pertaining to the body, especially the human body; bodily.
“corporal punishment”
“corporal suffering”
- Pertaining to the body (the thorax and abdomen), as distinguished from the head, limbs and wings, etc.
“The smaller 9 9 have less elongated fins, drabber corporal colors, and more transparent fins.”
noun
Etymology: From Middle English corporall, corporalle, from the Latin corporāle, the neuter of corporālis representing the doctrine of transubstantiation in which the Eucharist becomes the body of Christ.
- The white linen cloth on which the elements of the Eucharist are placed; a communion cloth.
“He had […] many corporals, chalice-veils, and sudaria”