Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference - corporal
Corporal
corporal
1. n. 1 a non-commissioned army or air-force officer ranking next below sergeant. 2 (in full ship's corporal) Brit. an officer under the master-at-arms, attending to police matters. 3 US a freshwater fallfish, Semotilis corporalis. Etymology: obs. F, var. of caporal f. It. caporale prob. f. L corporalis (as CORPORAL(2)), confused with It. capo head 2. adj. of or relating to the human body (cf. CORPOREAL). Phrases and idioms corporal punishment punishment inflicted on the body, esp. by beating. Derivatives corporally adv. Etymology: ME f. OF f. L corporalis f. corpus -oris body 3. n. a cloth on which the vessels containing the consecrated elements are placed during the celebration of the Eucharist. Etymology: OE f. OF corporal or med.L corporale pallium body cloth (as CORPORAL(2))
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I. noun Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo-French, from Medieval Latin ~e, from Latin, neuter of ~is; from the doctrine that the bread of the Eucharist becomes or represents the body of Christ Date: 14th century a linen cloth on which the eucharistic elements are placed, II. adjective see: midriff Date: 14th century corporeal, physical, of, relating to, or affecting the body , ~ly adverb III. noun see: head Date: 1579 a noncommissioned officer ranking in the army above a private first class and below a sergeant and in the marine corps above a lance ~ and below a sergeant ...Толковый словарь английского языка
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