- of the nature of the physical body; not spiritual
- of a material nature; physical
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cor•po•re•al /kɔrˈpɔriəl/USA pronunciation
adj.
cor•po•re•al•ly, adv. See -corp-.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2026- of the nature of the physical body; bodily.
- able to be touched or felt;
material:corporeal property.
cor•po•re•al•ly, adv. See -corp-.
cor•po•re•al
(kôr pôr′ē əl, -pōr′-),USA pronunciation adj.
cor•po′re•al′i•ty, cor•po′re•al•ness, n.
cor•po′re•al•ly, adv.
- of the nature of the physical body;
bodily. - material;
tangible:corporeal property.
- Latin corpore(us) bodily (corpor- (stem of corpus) body + -eus adjective, adjectival suffix) + -al1
- late Middle English 1375–1425
cor•po′re•al•ly, adv.
- 1. See physical.
- 1. spiritual. 2. intangible.
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corporeal /kɔːˈpɔːrɪəl/ adj
'corporeal' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
corporal
- material
- tangible
- ash
- bodily
- clod
- corporeity
- embody
- entity
- extracorporeal
- fleshly
- hylomorphic
- incorporeal
- materialize
- matter
- one
- palpable
- personal property
- physical
- unfleshly
- Sacramentarian
- substantial