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Corporality

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cor·po·ral 1  (kôrpr-l, kôrprl)
adj.
Of or relating to the body. See Synonyms at bodily.

[Middle English, from Old French, from Latin corporlis, from corpus, corpor-, body; see kwrep- in Indo-European roots.]

corpo·rali·ty (-p-rl-t) n.
corpo·ral·ly adv.

cor·po·ral 2  (kôrpr-l, kôrprl)
n.
1.
a. Abbr. CPL or Cpl. A noncommissioned rank in the U.S. Army that is above private first class and below sergeant.
b. Abbr. Cpl or Cpl. A noncommissioned rank in the U.S. Marine Corps that is above lance corporal and below sergeant.
2. One who holds the rank of corporal.

[Obsolete French, alteration of caporal, from Old Italian caporale, from capo, head, from Latin caput; see kaput- in Indo-European roots.]

cor·po·ral 3  (kôrpr-l, kôrprl)
n. Ecclesiastical
A white linen cloth on which the consecrated elements are placed during the celebration of the Eucharist.

[Middle English, from Old French and from Medieval Latin corporle, both from Latin corporlis, of the body (the Eucharistic bread being representative of Christ's body), from corpus, corpor-, body; see kwrep- in Indo-European roots.]
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.corporality - the quality of being physical; consisting of matter
quality - an essential and distinguishing attribute of something or someone; "the quality of mercy is not strained"--Shakespeare
concreteness - the quality of being concrete (not abstract)
palpability, tangibility, tangibleness - the quality of being perceivable by touch
substantiality, substantialness, solidness - the quality of being substantial or having substance
reality - the quality possessed by something that is real


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In Most's opinion, the Synoptics--Matthew, Mark, and Luke--offer troubled, conflicted accounts of Jesus' post-Resurrection corporality, and leave lacunae where they most intend to resolve doubt.
More than thirty years after British-born artist Anthony McCall created his now-legendary Line Describing a Cone, the first of his "solid light" films, the elegantly simple 1973 work--a projected white dot that slowly grows over thirty minutes into a circular line on the facing wall, eventually filling the dark space with a conical "volume" whose vivid corporality is a beguiling trick of light and atmosphere--remains one of postwar art's signal explorations of perceptual boundary states.
The corporality of bodies--the stuff of skin, breath, bodily fluids, and blood--the body language of the bible and Talmud is simply not present and the abundance, exuberance and boundless qualities of life are typically not given their due.
 
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