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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Corporeal \Cor*po"re*al\ (k[^o]r*p[=o]"r[-e]*al), adjective [L. corporeus, fr. corpus body.] Having a body; consisting of, or pertaining to, a material body or substance; material; -- opposed to {spiritual} or {immaterial}.
His omnipotence That to corporeal substance could add Speed almost spiritual. --Milton.
{Corporeal property}, such as may be seen and handled (as opposed to incorporeal, which can not be seen or handled, and exists only in contemplation). --Mozley & W.
Syn: Corporal; bodily. See {Corporal}.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
corporeal
adjective
1: having material or physical form or substance; "that which is created is of necessity corporeal and visible and tangible" - Benjamin Jowett [syn: {material}] [ant: {incorporeal}]
2: affecting or characteristic of the body as opposed to the mind or spirit; "bodily needs"; "a corporal defect"; "corporeal suffering"; "a somatic symptom or somatic illness" [syn: {bodily}, {corporal}, {somatic}]
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
21 Moby Thesaurus words for "corporeal": bodily, carnal, corporal, earthly, fleshly, gross, hylic, material, materiate, nonspiritual, objective, phenomenal, physical, secular, sensible, somatic, substantial, tangible, temporal, unspiritual, worldly
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