CORPORAL (2)

corporal (2)|corporeal. Corporal, or Corporeal, a. bodily, material, gross

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Cor″po‐ral, a. [[L. corporalis, fr. corpus body. See Corpse.]] 1. 1. Belonging or relating to the body; bodily. “Past corporal toil.” Shak.
Pillories and other corporal infections. Milton. Corporal punishment (law), punishment applied to the body of the offender, including the death penalty, whipping, and imprisonment. 2. 2. Having a body or substance; not spiritual; material. In this sense now usually written corporeal. Milton.
A corporal heaven . . . .where the stare are. Latimer. 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.