cor|po´re|al|ness

cor|po´re|al|ness
cor|po|re|al «kr PR ee uhl, -POHR-», adjective.
1. of or for the body; bodily: »

Food and water are corporeal nourishment.

SYNONYM(S): physical, corporal.
2. material; tangible: »

Land, trees, and money are corporeal things.

SYNONYM(S): concrete.
[< Latin corporeus belonging to the body (< corpus, -oris body) + English -al 1]
cor|po´re|al|ly, adverb.
cor|po´re|al|ness, noun.

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