Corporal

  • 21corporal — (Del lat. corporalis.) ► adjetivo 1 Del cuerpo: ■ se ha comprado una crema corporal. SINÓNIMO corpóreo ► sustantivo masculino 2 RELIGIÓN Lienzo que se extiende sobre el altar, en el que el sacerdote coloca el cáliz y la hostia. * * * corporal 1… …

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  • 22corporal —    A corporal is a non commissioned officer in the army who ranks below a sergeant. He, or she, would correctly be addressed by this professional title and might, if the speaker was a private soldier especially, insist on its use. In Ginger,… …

    A dictionary of epithets and terms of address

  • 23corporal — [14] Corporal comes via Old French corporal from Latin corporālis ‘bodily’, an adjective derived from corpus ‘body’. The noun corporal ‘non commissioned officer’ [16] was probably originally a completely different word. It was borrowed from… …

    The Hutchinson dictionary of word origins

  • 24corporal — {{11}}corporal (adj.) of or belonging to the body, late 14c., from O.Fr. corporal (12c., Mod.Fr. corporel) of the body, physical, strong, from L. corporalis pertaining to the body, from corpus (gen. corporis) body (see CORPS (Cf. corps)).… …

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  • 25corporal — I cor•po•ral [[t]ˈkɔr pər əl, prəl[/t]] adj. 1) of the body; bodily: corporal punishment[/ex] 2) personal: corporal possession[/ex] 3) Obs. corporeal; of the material world • Etymology: 1350–1400; ME corporall (< AF) < L corporālis bodily… …

    From formal English to slang

  • 26corporal — [14] Corporal comes via Old French corporal from Latin corporālis ‘bodily’, an adjective derived from corpus ‘body’. The noun corporal ‘non commissioned officer’ [16] was probably originally a completely different word. It was borrowed from… …

    Word origins

  • 27corporal — corporal1 corporality, n. corporally, adv. /kawr peuhr euhl, preuhl/, adj. 1. of the human body; bodily; physical: corporal suffering. 2. Zool. of the body proper, as distinguished from the head and limbs. 3. personal: corporal possession …

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  • 28corporal — 1. n. 1 a non commissioned army or air force officer ranking next below sergeant. 2 (in full ship s corporal) Brit. an officer under the master at arms, attending to police matters. 3 US a freshwater fallfish, Semotilis corporalis. Etymology: obs …

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  • 29Corporal — Un corporal déplié sur lequel sont posés la patène, le ciboire et le calice Le corporal, du latin Corps du Christ, est un linge liturgique (généralement carré, d environ 45 à 50 cm de côté) sur lequel on posera la patène et le calice, et qui sert …

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  • 30corporal — (kor po ral) s. m. Terme de liturgie catholique. Nom d un linge consacré aux usages ecclésiastiques, qui se met sur l autel pour y poser l hostie pendant la messe. •   Je vous ai offerte avec vos bons désirs sur le corporal, BOSSUET Lett. Corn.… …

    Dictionnaire de la Langue Française d'Émile Littré