Meaning & use
corporeal
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relating to or having a physical body, as opposed to spiritual or abstract
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The ghost story played on fears of a corporeal presence in the empty house.
Philosophers debated whether the soul exists independently of the corporeal body.
A note on using this word
A formal word most often contrasted with 'incorporeal' or 'spiritual,' common in philosophy, law, and literary or horror writing.
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