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adjective
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.
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noun
1.
Military.
a.
a noncommissioned officer ranking above a private first class in the U.S. Army or lance corporal in the Marines and below a sergeant.
b.
a similar rank in the armed services of other countries.
2.
(initial capital letter) a U.S. surface-to-surface, single-stage ballistic missile.
Origin:
1570–80; < Middle French, variant of caporal (influenced by corporal corporal1) < Italian caporale, apparently contraction of phrase capo corporale corporal head, i.e., head of a body (of soldiers). See caput
1570–80; < Middle French, variant of caporal (influenced by corporal corporal1) < Italian caporale, apparently contraction of phrase capo corporale corporal head, i.e., head of a body (of soldiers). See caput
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cor·po·ral·cy, cor·po·ral·ship, noun
noun Ecclesiastical.
a fine cloth, usually of linen, on which the consecrated elements are placed or with which they are covered.
Also called communion cloth.
Origin:
1350–1400; Middle English corporalle < Medieval Latin corporale (pallium) eucharistic (altar cloth); replacing earlier corporas < Old French < Latin, as above
1350–1400; Middle English corporalle < Medieval Latin corporale (pallium) eucharistic (altar cloth); replacing earlier corporas < Old French < Latin, as above
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| corporal1 (ˈkɔːpərəl, -prəl) | |
| —adj | |
| 1. | of or relating to the body; bodily |
| 2. | an obsolete word for corporeal |
| [C14: from Latin corporālis of the body, from corpus body] | |
| corpo'rality1 | |
| —n | |
| 'corporally1 | |
| —adv | |
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Word Origin & History
corporal
1570s, from M.Fr. corporal, from It. caporale "a corporal," from capo "chief, head," from L. caput "head" (see head). So called because he was in charge of a body of troops. Perhaps infl. by It. corpo, from L. corps "body." Or corps may be the source and caput the influence,
EXPANDas the OED suggests. Corporal punishment "punishment of the body" (as opposed to fine or loss of rank or privilege) is from 1580s.
corporal
"of or belonging to the body," late 14c., from O.Fr. corporal, from L. corporalis, from corpus (gen. corporis) "body" (see corps). Corporal punishment (1580s) is that inflicted on the body as opposed to fines or loss of rank.
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