Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The state of being a body or embodied; the character of being corporal: opposed to spirituality.
- noun Corporation; confraternity.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun The state of being or having a body; bodily existence; corporeality; -- opposed to
spirituality . - noun obsolete A confraternity; a guild.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun obsolete The state of being or having a
body ;bodily existence ;corporeality . - noun obsolete A
confraternity ; aguild .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun the quality of being physical; consisting of matter
Etymologies
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Examples
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When we want blood, we provide our own, and let us take this opportunity to remark upon the fact that our weapons are far more elegant and effective than those provided by the author ofMacbeth, ours being so gracefully integrated into our own corporality.
A Felinist Critique of Macbeth Catherine Davis 2011
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Although obsessed with illness, she was peculiarly silent about its corporality, about the vulgarity of dying.
The Emperor of All Maladies Siddhartha Mukherjee 2010
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Although obsessed with illness, she was peculiarly silent about its corporality, about the vulgarity of dying.
The Emperor of All Maladies Siddhartha Mukherjee 2010
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Although obsessed with illness, she was peculiarly silent about its corporality, about the vulgarity of dying.
The Emperor of All Maladies Siddhartha Mukherjee 2010
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Elspeth lay in bed exulting in the smooth feel of the sheets, the smell of Robert on her pillow mingled with the scents of candles and roses, the twittering of little birds and the sheer corporality of herself.
Her Fearful Symmetry AUDREY NIFFENEGGER 2009
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Philosophically, Neoplatonism provides answers to most major questions within the context of Islam, such as how multiplicity came from unity and how corporality emanated from an incorporeal God, as well as explaining the ascending and descending order of beings.
Mysticism in Arabic and Islamic Philosophy Aminrazavi, Mehdi 2009
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We shall commission our New York correspondents to inquire as to the reality of Mr Melville's avuncular relative, and, until certified of his corporality, shall set down the gentleman with the Dutch patronymic as a member of an imaginary clan.
Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 61, No. 380, June, 1847 Various
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But, unfortunately, one is not a "vox et praeterea nihil," but with a considerable corporality attached which requires feeding, and so while my inner man is continually indulging in these anchorite reflections, the outer is sedulously elbowing and pushing as if he dreamed of nothing but gold medals and professors 'caps.
The Life and Letters of Thomas Henry Huxley Huxley, Leonard 1900
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Owing to our corporality, the Lord, so to say, binds His presence and
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Him in visible signs or ceremonies; for we are corporal, and on account of our corporality we need material representations, material ceremonies.
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