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cor⋅po⋅ral

1[kawr-per-uhl, -pruhl]
–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


cor⋅po⋅ral⋅i⋅ty, noun
cor⋅po⋅ral⋅ly, adverb


1. material. See physical.
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.

Corporally

Cor"po*ral*ly\ (k?r"p?-ral-ly), adv. In or with the body; bodily; as, to be corporally present. --Sharp.
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