Corporeal
[kɔː'pɔːrɪəl] or [kɔr'pɔrɪəl]
Definition
(adj.) having material or physical form or substance; 'that which is created is of necessity corporeal and visible and tangible' - Benjamin Jowett .
Edited by Clio--From WordNet
Definition
(a.) Having a body; consisting of, or pertaining to, a material body or substance; material; -- opposed to spiritual or immaterial.
Inputed by Bernard
Synonyms and Synonymous
a. Material, physical, corporal, not spiritual.
Editor: Myra
Examples
- And as natural selection works solely by and for the good of each being, all corporeal and mental endowments will tend to progress towards perfection. Charles Darwin. On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection.
- But it is not the external and corporeal relation, which forms the essence of property. David Hume. A Treatise of Human Nature.
- It was mournful, indeed, to witness the subjugation of that vigorous spirit to a corporeal infirmity. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
Editor: Myra