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corporeal (adj.)

1610s, "of a material or physical nature, not mental or spiritual," with adjectival suffix -al (1) + Latin corporeus "of the nature of a body," from corpus "body" (living or dead), from PIE *kwrpes, from root *kwrep- "body, form, appearance." Meaning "relating to a material body or physical thing" is from 1660s. Related: Corporeality, corporeally.

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Definitions of corporeal from WordNet

corporeal (adj.)
having material or physical form or substance; "that which is created is of necessity corporeal and visible and tangible" - Benjamin Jowett;
Synonyms: material
corporeal (adj.)
affecting or characteristic of the body as opposed to the mind or spirit;
corporeal suffering
Synonyms: bodily / corporal / somatic
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