Corpus
['kɔːpəs] or ['kɔrpəs]
Definition
(noun.) the main part of an organ or other bodily structure.
(noun.) a collection of writings; 'he edited the Hemingway corpus'.
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Definition
(n.) A body, living or dead; the corporeal substance of a thing.
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Definition
n. a body: any special structure or function in the body; the whole body of literature on any subject.—ns. Cor′pulence Cor′pulency fleshiness of body; excessive fatness.—adj. Cor′pulent fleshy or fat.—adv. Cor′pulently.—n. Cor′puscle a minute particle; a physical atom—also Corpus′cule.—adjs. Corpus′cular Corpusculā′rian pertaining to corpuscles.—ns. Corpusculā′rian one who holds the corpuscular philosophy; Corpuscular′ity.—Corpus Christi the festival in honour of the Consecrated Host held on the Thursday after the festival of the Trinity; Corpus delicti a criminal law term in Scotland to signify the body or substance of the crime charged.—Corpuscular theory of light or Emission theory (see Emit).
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Examples
- Or Corpus Christi, Texas, or Butte, Montana. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
- Gradually the Army of Occupation assembled at Corpus Christi. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- From the ship he was extracted by a writ of _habeas corpus_. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- We were all to be back at Corpus Christi by the end of the month. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- At all events the Corpus Christi mule resisted the new use to which he was being put. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- The distance from Shell Island to Corpus Christi was some sixteen or eighteen miles. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- While at Corpus Christi all the officers who had a fancy for riding kept horses. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- Thus the rear brigade did not move from Corpus Christi until the 11th of March. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- It was probably the only horse at Corpus Christi that could have been purchased just then for any reasonable price. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- The distance from Corpus Christi to San Antonio was then computed at one hundred and fifty miles. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- I hope all men always will speak to me (this was the truth although it was the corpora! Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
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