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Grammar : Noun
Spell : kawr-puh s
Phonetic Transcription : ˈkɔr pəs

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Origin :
  • (plural corpora), late 14c., from Latin corpus, literally "body" (see corporeal). The sense of "body of a person" (mid-15c. in English) and "collection of facts or things" (1727 in English) both were present in Latin. Corpus Christi (late 14c.), feast of the Blessed Sacrament, is the Thursday after Trinity Sunday. Also used in various medical phrases, e.g. corpus callosum (1706, literally "tough body"), corpus luteum (1788, literally "yellow body").
  • noun body of text
Example sentences :
  • Taylor concentrated his men at Corpus Christi, near the frontier.
  • Extract from : « The Nation in a Nutshell » by George Makepeace Towle
  • Then draw it forth and melt it, adding your corpus perfectum.
  • Extract from : « The Memoires of Casanova, Complete » by Jacques Casanova de Seingalt
  • Corpus adiposum: the mass of fat tissue often found in larvae.
  • Extract from : « Explanation of Terms Used in Entomology » by John. B. Smith
  • Mournful songs abound in the "Corpus Poeticum" of the North.
  • Extract from : « A Literary History of the English People » by Jean Jules Jusserand
  • I suppose we may have a procession of the children on Corpus Christi?
  • Extract from : « My New Curate » by P.A. Sheehan
  • These may be found in the second volume of the Corpus Poeticum Boreale.
  • Extract from : « Epic and Romance » by W. P. Ker
  • What most pleases, in this tragic reign, is the anecdote of Edward Anne of Corpus.
  • Extract from : « Oxford » by Andrew Lang
  • The day, the festival of Corpus Christi, is the first of June, 1553.
  • Extract from : « For the Master's Sake » by Emily Sarah Holt
  • We could reconstruct the corpus from them if all that went before were burned.
  • Extract from : « The Path of the Law » by Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.
  • The regiment was moved to Corpus Christi, a trading and smuggling port.
  • Extract from : « Ulysses S. Grant » by Walter Allen

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