corporeal Meaning, Definition & Usage

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

WordNet

Cor*po"re*al adjective
Etymology
L. corporeus, fr. corpus body.
Definitions
  1. Having a body; consisting of, or pertaining to, a material body or substance; material; -- opposed to spiritual or immaterial.
    His omnipotence That to corporeal substance could add Speed almost spiritual. Milton.
    Mozley & W. Syn. -- Corporal; bodily. See Corporal.

Webster 1913