corporeal meaning and definition

CORPOREAL adjective

Definition of corporeal (adjective)

1. having material or physical form or substance
   • "that which is created is of necessity corporeal and visible and tangible" - Benjamin Jowett
   • synonyms: material
   • antonym: immaterial
2. affecting or characteristic of the body as opposed to the mind or spirit
   • "bodily needs"; "a corporal defect"; "corporeal suffering"; "a somatic symptom or somatic illness"
   • synonyms: bodily, corporal, somatic