[kawr-per-uh
l, -pruhl] 
| 1. | of the human body; bodily; physical: corporal suffering. |
| 2. | Zoology. of the body proper, as distinguished from the head and limbs. |
| 3. | personal: corporal possession. |
| 4. | Obsolete. corporeal; belonging to the material world. |
[kawr-per-uhl, -pruhl] | 1. | Military.
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| 2. | (initial capital letter) a U.S. surface-to-surface, single-stage ballistic missile. |
[kawr-per-uhl, -pruhl] | a fine cloth, usually of linen, on which the consecrated elements are placed or with which they are covered. |
| cor·po·ral 1 (kôr'pər-əl, kôr'prəl) adj. Of or relating to the body. See Synonyms at bodily. [Middle English, from Old French, from Latin corporālis, from corpus, corpor-, body; see kwrep- in Indo-European roots.] cor'po·ral'i·ty (-pə-rāl'ĭ-tē) n., cor'po·ral·ly adv. |
| cor·po·ral 2 (kôr'pər-əl, kôr'prəl) n.
[Obsolete French, alteration of caporal, from Old Italian caporale, from capo, head, from Latin caput; see kaput- in Indo-European roots.] |
| cor·po·ral 3 (kôr'pər-əl, kôr'prəl) n. Ecclesiastical A white linen cloth on which the consecrated elements are placed during the celebration of the Eucharist. [Middle English, from Old French and from Medieval Latin corporāle, both from Latin corporālis, of the body (the Eucharistic bread being representative of Christ's body), from corpus, corpor-, body; see kwrep- in Indo-European roots.] |