corpora

Plural of corpus. corpora cet, n. An obsolete form of corp or all. corp or all (kôr pō-ral), a. and n. [= F. corpo rel = Pr. Sp. Pg. corporal = It. corporale, IMG:content-1340.png:[ocr errors][merged small][merged small] Virtue cannot be shewed to the sense by corporal shape. Bacon, Advancement of Learning, ii. 250. 3. In zoöl . , pertaining to the thorax and abdomen, as distinguished from the head, wings, feet, and other appendages: as, corporal colors or marks.- Corporal oatht, an oath ratified by touch ing a sacred object, as an altar or corporal-cloth (see II., below), and especially the New Testament, as distinguished from a merely spoken or written oath thus, an old English coronation-oath, "so helpe me God, and these holy euangelists by me bodily touched vppon this hooly awter." We firmely command, and streightly charge you, that you doe receiue of euery particular march ant. poral oath upon Gods holy Euangelists. a corHakluyt's Voyages, I. 144. IMG:content-1341.png:[blocks in formation] Spiritual and corporal works of mercy. See mercy. =Syn. Physical, Corporeal, etc. See bodily. II. n. [In early mod. E. corporas , corp or ace , corporax , corporas , corpora e , earlier cor poraus , corp or eaus , corporeals , pl. (sing. * cor poreal, not in ME.), corporal , pl. corpo raux , F. corporal = Pr. Sp. Pg. corporal =It.cor porale , corporale (> mod. E. corporal , also written, as ML., corporale ), prop. neut. (sc. L. pallium , pall, cover) of L. corporal is , adj., cor pus ( corp or- ), the body: from its being regarded as covering the body of Christ.] Eccles ., in the Roman Catholic and Anglican churches, the fine linen cloth spread on the altar during the celebration of the eucharist. Upon it are placed the chalice and (in front of this) the paten. The right-hand end of the corporal is turned back to cover the paten when on the altar (except during oblation and consecration), the chalice being covered with the pall, or, after communion, with the post-communion veil, sometimos also called a corporal. Also corporal - cloth , corporale . Over the purple pall were spread out three or more linen cloths, of which the uppermost was especially called the corporal , not small like ours, but as long and twice as 1275 wide as the altar itself, so that it could easily be drawn over the chalice and host, and entirely veil them. Rock, Church of our Fathers, i. 266. Such an organism as a crayfish is only a corporate unity, made up of innumerable partially independent individuals. Huxley , Crayfish, p. 128. Body corporate. See body politic, under body. Corpo See county1 . lery, next below a sergeant. He has charge of a squad, places and relieves sentinels, and has a certain disciplinary control in camp and barracks. Now my whole charge consists of ancients, corporals, lieutenants, gentlemen of companies. Shak ., 1 Hen. IV., iv. 2. Corporal's guard ( mil it.), a small detachment under arms, such as that usually placed, for various purposes, under the command of a corporal: sometimes used derisively; hence, any very small following, attendance, or party; specifically, in U. S. hist., the small number of senators and congre men who supported the administration of President John Tyler, 1841-5.- Ship's corporal, on board United States men-of-war, a petty officer under the master-at-arms.