Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The character of being incorporeal; incorporeity.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun The state or quality of being incorporeal or bodiless; immateriality; incorporealism.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun The state or characteristic of being
incorporeal .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun the quality of not being physical; not consisting of matter
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Examples
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By virtue of their incorporeality, all corporations are not persons within the definitions of the Constitution and US Federal Law, and the rights of such corporations shall be limited to those specified by law explicitly describing their effect upon corporate entities and not physical human entities.
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By virtue of their incorporeality, all corporations are not persons within the definitions of the Constitution and US Federal Law, and the rights of such corporations shall be limited to those specified by law explicitly describing their effect upon corporate entities and not physical human entities.
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Forget what you've heard about the incorporeality of the afterlife; T-Dawg, as he is known fondly among us, has first degree burns on his hands to show for the gross incivility he was subjected to.
A Night Ride With the Conservative Poetry Enforcers Con Chapman 2011
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He also begins to fall in love not only with Jamie, but with the idea of Jamie's incorporeality.
One For Sorrow Jes Battis 2008
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He often mentions the importance of conscience, but concentrates, as far as proofs go, on various design arguments, on arguments based on the incorporeality of the human soul, and on arguments involving miracles.
Sticky Wants to Grab 2009
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With a speed impossible for most creatures, the Gryphon took hold of the startled Runner and, before it could phase back into incorporeality, threw it into its fellows.
LEGENDS OF THE DRAGONREALM Richard A. Knaak 2009
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With a speed impossible for most creatures, the Gryphon took hold of the startled Runner and, before it could phase back into incorporeality, threw it into its fellows.
LEGENDS OF THE DRAGONREALM Richard A. Knaak 2009
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With a speed impossible for most creatures, the Gryphon took hold of the startled Runner and, before it could phase back into incorporeality, threw it into its fellows.
LEGENDS OF THE DRAGONREALM Richard A. Knaak 2009
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Some of them, such as God and the soul, can endure in their incorporeality outside sensibles.
Boundary Varzi, Achille 2008
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Meanwhile, the woman's temptation is to an artificial innocence; a secret envy of God's incorporeality and impassibility.
Johann Georg Hamann Griffith-Dickson, Gwen 2007
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