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from The Century Dictionary.

  • See corporal.

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Examples

  • But corporeals cannot in any way be changed into incorporeals because they do not share in any common underlying matter which can be changed into this or that thing by taking on its qualities.

    The Theological Tractates and The Consolation of Philosophy Anicius Manlius Severinus Boethius 1908

  • Now the power to act and to suffer belongs to all corporeals and the soul of corporeals; for it both acts in the body and suffers by the body.

    The Theological Tractates and The Consolation of Philosophy Anicius Manlius Severinus Boethius 1908

  • I. Nature, then, may be affirmed either of bodies alone or of substances alone, that is, of corporeals or incorporeals, or of everything that is in any way capable of affirmation.

    The Theological Tractates and The Consolation of Philosophy Anicius Manlius Severinus Boethius 1908

  • Did you know non-corporeals are the for the secularSpartans of the Pens?

    Redskins Insider Podcast -- The Washington Post 2010

  • It never ceases to amaze me how such a strange assembly of different and unusual forms can look so good. on 05/13/2009, -0/+8Pretty sure Starfleet only allows corporeals to join their ranks.

    Original Signal - Transmitting Digg 2009

  • Dirts—corporeals—like you two don’t even qualify for the help.

    String Theory, Book 3: Evolution Heather Jarman 2006

  • Over here in a statistical weight manner of speaking a. non orthodox-catholic-jew-muslims are simply non corporeal :-) and b. the corporeals are in a random combination constantly at war with one another :-)

    Divided by a common language: Richard Dawkins clarifies his position - The Panda's Thumb 2006

  • It’s his favorite number—especially for corporeals.

    String Theory, Book 3: Evolution Heather Jarman 2006

  • It’s always ‘why this?’ and ‘why that?’ with you corporeals.

    String Theory, Book 3: Evolution Heather Jarman 2006

  • I have often laughed heartily upon seeing two cronies meeting in the streets of Kingston after a temporary separation; when about pistol -- shot asunder, both would begin to tug and rug at the right -- hand glove, but it is frequently a mighty serious affair in that hissing hot climate to get the gauntlet off; they approach, -- one, a smart urbane little man, who would not disgrace St James's Street, being more kiln -- dried and less moist in his corporeals than his country friend, has contrived to extract his paw, and holds it out in act to shake.

    Tom Cringle's Log Michael Scott 1812

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