Corporeity

Corporeity
Corporeity Cor`po*re"i*ty (k?r`p?-r?"?-t?), n. [LL. corporeitas: cf. F. corpor?it?.] The state of having a body; the state of being corporeal; materiality. [1913 Webster]

The one attributed corporeity to God. --Bp. Stillingfleet. [1913 Webster]

Those who deny light to be matter, do not therefore deny its corporeity. --Coleridge. [1913 Webster]


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