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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  (n.)
1579, 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, as the OED believes.
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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