Corpus Christ i

(-kris'te.) [L., body of Christ.] (Eccl. Hist.) A great festival of the Roman Catholic Church, instituted by Pope Urban IV., 1264, in honor of the Sacrament of the Lord's Supper. It is held on the next Thursday after Pentecost Week, and, in France, bears the name of Fête Dieu, or " Festival of God." Corpus Christ i, a vill. of Texas, C. of Nueces co., 230 m. S.W. of Galveston. Pop. 2,140. Corpus Christ i Bay, in Texas, an indentation of the Mexican Gulf, Refugio co.; Lat. 27° 30′ N., Lon. 98° W. [s. 231]