| corporal | (n) a noncommissioned officer in the Army or Air Force or Marines | | corporal punishment | (n) the infliction of physical injury on someone convicted of committing a crime | | corporate | (adj) of or belonging to a corporation, Example: corporate rates; corporate structure | | corporate | (adj) done by or characteristic of individuals acting together, Syn. collective, Example: a joint identity; the collective mind; the corporate good | | corporate | (adj) organized and maintained as a legal corporation, Syn. incorporated, Example: a special agency set up in corporate form; an incorporated town | | corporate bond | (n) a bond issued by a corporation; carries no claim to ownership and pays no dividends but payments to bondholders have priority over payments to stockholders, Example: a corporate bond is a safer investment than common stock in the same company | | corporate executive | (n) an executive in a business corporation, Syn. business executive | | corporate finance | (n) the financial activities of corporation | | corporate investor | (n) a company that invests in (acquires control of) other companies | | corporation | (n) a business firm whose articles of incorporation have been approved in some state, Syn. corp |
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| Corporace | n. See Corporas. [ 1913 Webster ] | | Corporal | n. [ Corrupted fr. F. caporal, It. caporale, fr. capo head, chief, L. caput. See Chief, and cf. Caporal. ] (Mil.) A noncommissioned officer, next below a sergeant. In the United States army he is the lowest noncommissioned officer in a company of infantry. He places and relieves sentinels. [ 1913 Webster ]
Corporal's guard, a detachment such as would be in charge of a corporal for guard duty, etc.; hence, derisively, a very small number of persons. --
Lance corporal, an assistant corporal on private's pay. Farrow. --
Ship's corporal (Naut.), a petty officer who assists the master at arms in his various duties. [ 1913 Webster ]
| | Corporal | a. [ L. corporalis, fr. corpus body. See Corpse. ] 1. Belonging or relating to the body; bodily. “Past corporal toil.” Shak. [ 1913 Webster ] Pillories and other corporal infections. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]
Corporal punishment (law), punishment applied to the body of the offender, including the death penalty, whipping, and imprisonment. [ 1913 Webster ]
2. Having a body or substance; not spiritual; material. In this sense now usually written corporeal. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ] A corporal heaven . . . .where the stare are. Latimer. [ 1913 Webster ] What seemed corporal melted
As breath into the wind. Shak. Syn. -- Corporal, Bodily, Corporeal. Bodily is opposed to mental; as, bodily affections. Corporeal refers to the whole physical structure or nature, of the body; as, corporeal substance or frame. Corporal, as now used, refers more to punishment or some infliction; as, corporal punishment. To speak of corporeal punishment is an error. Bodily austerities; the corporeal mold. [ 1913 Webster ] | | Corporale | { ‖ } n. [ LL. corporale: cf. F. corporal. See Corporal, a. ] A fine linen cloth, on which the sacred elements are consecrated in the eucharist, or with which they are covered; a communion cloth. [ 1913 Webster ]
Corporal oath, a solemn oath; -- so called from the fact that it was the ancient usage for the party taking it to touch the corporal, or cloth that covered the consecrated elements. [ 1913 Webster ]
Variants: Corporal | | Corporality | n.: pl. Corporalities [ L. corporalitas: cf. F.corporalit&unr_;. ] 1. The state of being or having a body; bodily existence; corporeality; -- opposed to spirituality. Dr. H. More. [ 1913 Webster ] 2. A confraternity; a guild. [ Obs. ] Milton. [ 1913 Webster ] | | Corporally | adv. In or with the body; bodily; as, to be corporally present. Sharp. [ 1913 Webster ] | | Corporalship | n. (Mil.) A corporal's office. [ 1913 Webster ] | | Corporas | n. [ Prop. pl. of corporal. ] The corporal, or communion cloth. [ Obs. ] Fuller. [ 1913 Webster ] | | Corporate | a. [ L. corporatus, p. p. of corporare to shape into a body, fr. corpus body. See Corpse. ] 1. Formed into a body by legal enactment; united in an association, and endowed by law with the rights and liabilities of an individual; incorporated; as, a corporate town. [ 1913 Webster ] 2. Belonging to a corporation or incorporated body. “Corporate property.” Hallam. [ 1913 Webster ] 3. United; general; collectively one. [ 1913 Webster ] They answer in a joint and corporate voice. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]
Corporate member, an actual or voting member of a corporation, as distinguished from an associate or an honorary member; as, a corporate member of the American Board. [ 1913 Webster ]
| | Corporate | v. t. To incorporate. [ Obs. ] Stow. [ 1913 Webster ] |
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