Corporal

Definition of Corporal

Cor´po`ral   Pronunciation: kôr´pô`ral
n.1.(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.
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.
Ship's corporal
(Naut.) a petty officer who assists the master at arms in his various duties.
- Farrow.
a.1.Belonging or relating to the body; bodily.
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.Having a body or substance; not spiritual; material. In this sense now usually written corporeal.
A corporal heaven . . . .where the stare are.
- Latimer.
What seemed corporal melted
As breath into the wind.
- Shak.
n.1.A fine linen cloth, on which the sacred elements are consecrated in the eucharist, or with which they are covered; a communion cloth.
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.

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