CORPOREITY

Etymology

Noun

corporeity (countable and uncountable, plural corporeities)

(uncountable) The quality or fact of having a physical or material body.

(countable) A body, a physical substance.

Source: Wiktionary


Cor`po*re"i*ty (kr`p-r"-t), n. Etym: [LL. corporeitas: cf. F. corpor.]

Definition: The state of having a body; the state of being corporeal; materiality. The one attributed corporeity to God. Bp. Stillingfleet. Those who deny light to be matter, do not therefore deny its corporeity. Coleridge.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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