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Corporal (liturgy)
WordNet
adjective
(1) Possessing or existing in bodily form
"What seemed corporal melted as breath into the wind"- Shakespeare
"An incarnate spirit"
"`corporate' is an archaic term"
(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"
noun
(3) A noncommissioned officer in the army or airforce or marines
WiktionaryText
Etymology 1
From < .
Adjective
- Having a physical, tangible body; corporeal.
- Quotation
- 1603-06: "Into the air; and what seem'd corporal melted as breath into the wind." — Macbeth: Ac.1 Sc3, Wm. Shakespeare.
- Quotation
- Of or pertaining to the body, especially the human body.
Etymology 2
Corrupted from the , from the , from from the .
Noun
- A non-commissioned officer rank in the military (OR-4) force, below a sergeant but above a private or patrolman.
- A non-commissioned officer rank in the police force, below a sergeant but above a private or patrolman.
Etymology 3
From the , the neuter of representing the doctrine of transubstantiation in which the eucharist becomes the body of Christ.