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cor⋅po⋅ral

1  [kawr-per-uhl, -pruhl]
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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.
Origin:
1350–1400; ME corporall (< AF) < L corporālis bodily, equiv. to corpor- (s. of corpus corpus ) + -ālis -al 1

Related forms:
cor⋅po⋅ral⋅i⋅ty, noun
cor⋅po⋅ral⋅ly, adverb

Synonyms:
1. material. See physical.
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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.
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Word Origin & History

corporal  (adj.)
"of or belonging to the body," c.1390, from O.Fr. corporal, from L. corporalis, from corpus (gen. corporis) "body" (see corps). Corporal punishment (1581) is that inflicted on the body as opposed to fines or loss of rank.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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Medical Dictionary

Main Entry: cor·po·ral
Pronunciation: 'kor-p(&-)r&l
Function: adjective
: of, relating to, or affecting the body <corporalpunishment>
Merriam-Webster's Medical Dictionary, © 2002 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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