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Definition of: corporeal
(kôr·pôr′ē·əl, -pō′rē·əl) adjective
1. Having a body; of a material nature; physical: distinguished from immaterial, menial, or spiritual.
2. Law Perceivable by the bodily senses; substantial and permanent; opposed to incorporeal: corporeal hereditaments. See synonyms under PHYSICAL. [<L corporeus <corpus body]
—cor·po·re·al·i·ty (kôr·pôr′ ē·al′ə·tē, -pō′rē-), cor·po′re·al·ness, cor·po·re·i·ty (kôr′pə·rē′ə·tē) noun
—cor·po′re·al·ly adverb
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