Chapter Coroner to Corpuscularian of C by Webster's Dictionary (1913 Edition)

Corporace
(Cor"po*race) n. See Corporas.

Corporal
(Cor"po*ral) n. [Corrupted fr. F. caporal, It. caporale, fr. capo head, chief, L. caput. See Chief, and cf. Caporal.] (Mil.) A noncommissioned officer, next below a sergeant. In the United States army he is the lowest noncommissioned officer in a company of infantry. He places and relieves sentinels.

Corporal's guard, a detachment such as would be in charge of a corporal for guard duty, etc.; hence, derisively, a very small number of persons. — Lance corporal, an assistant corporal on private's pay. Farrow. — Ship's corporal (Naut.), a petty officer who assists the master at arms in his various duties.

Corporal
(Cor"po*ral), a. [L. corporalis, fr. corpus body. See Corpse.]

1. Belonging or relating to the body; bodily. "Past corporal toil." Shak.

Pillories and other corporal infections.
Milton.

Corporal punishment (law), punishment applied to the body of the offender, including the death penalty, whipping, and imprisonment.

2. Having a body or substance; not spiritual; material. In this sense now usually written corporeal. Milton.

A corporal heaven . . . .where the stare are.
Latimer.

What seemed corporal melted
As breath into the wind.
Shak.

Syn. — Corporal, Bodily, Corporeal. Bodily is opposed to mental; as, bodily affections. Corporeal refers to the whole physical structure or nature, of the body; as, corporeal substance or frame. Corporal, as now used, refers more to punishment or some infliction; as, corporal punishment. To speak of corporeal punishment is an error. Bodily austerities; the corporeal mold.

Corporal
(Cor"po*ral) Corporale
(||Cor`po*ra"le) n. [LL. corporale: cf. F. corporal. See Corporal,a.] A fine linen cloth, on which the sacred elements are consecrated in the eucharist, or with which they are covered; a communion cloth.

Corporal oath, a solemn oath; — so called from the fact that it was the ancient usage for the party taking it to touch the corporal, or cloth that covered the consecrated elements.

Corporality
(Cor`po*ral"i*ty) n.: pl. Corporalities [L. corporalitas: cf. F. corporalit.]

1. The state of being or having a body; bodily existence; corporeality; — opposed to spirituality. Dr. H. More.

2. A confraternity; a guild. [Obs.] Milton.

Corporally
(Cor"po*ral*ly) adv. In or with the body; bodily; as, to be corporally present. Sharp.

Corporalship
(Cor"po*ral*ship), n. (Mil.) A corporal's office.

Corporas
(Cor"po*ras) n. [Prop. pl. of corporal.] The corporal, or communion cloth. [Obs.] Fuller.

Corporate
(Cor"po*rate) a. [L. corporatus, p. p. of corporare to shape into a body, fr. corpus body. See Corpse.]

1. Formed into a body by legal enactment; united in an association, and endowed by law with the rights and liabilities of an individual; incorporated; as, a corporate town.

2. Belonging to a corporation or incorporated body. "Corporate property." Hallam.