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corporeity

[ kawr-puh-ree-i-tee ]

/ ˌkɔr pəˈri ɪ ti /

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noun

material or physical nature or quality; materiality.

Origin of corporeity

1615–25; < Medieval Latin corporeitās, equivalent to Latin corpore(us) corporeal + -itās -ity

Words nearby corporeity

corporatism, corporative, corporatize, corporator, corporeal, corporeity, corposant, corps, corps de ballet, corps diplomatique, corps of engineers

Example sentences from the Web for corporeity

It is, however, plain that a sets forth the Divine knowledge of man in his first rudiments of corporeity.

The Expositor's Bible: The Psalms, Volume III |Alexander Maclaren
The corporeity of angels and devils is distinguished on the principle of rarum et densum, thin or thick.

Amenities of Literature |Isaac Disraeli
The big water surface was as a corporeity radiating from the beholder existing only in and with the beholder.

On the Seaboard |August Strindberg
Corporeity, the other, by which they are distinguish'd one from the other, viz.

The Improvement of Human Reason |Ibn Tufail

The pious wish of the ancients was sanctity, the pious wish of the moderns is corporeity.

The Ego and His Own |Max Stirner

British Dictionary definitions for corporeity

corporeity

/ (ˌkɔːpəˈriːɪtɪ) /

noun

bodily or material nature or substance; physical existence; corporeality