Corporal

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.

Noun	1.	corporal - a noncommissioned officer in the army or airforce or marines
Adj.	1.	corporal - affecting or characteristic of the body as opposed to the mind or spirit; "bodily needs"; "a corporal defect"; "corporeal suffering"; "a somatic symptom or somatic illness" Synonyms: somatic, bodily, corporeal
	2.	corporal - possessing or existing in bodily form; "what seemed corporal melted as breath into the wind"- Shakespeare; "an incarnate spirit"; "`corporate' is an archaic term" Synonyms: incarnate, bodied, corporate, embodied

CORPORAL. An epithet for anything belonging to the body, as, corporal punishment, for punishment inflicted on the person of the criminal; corporal oath, which is an oath by the party who takes it being obliged to lay his hand on the Bible.

CORPORAL, in the army. A non-commissioned officer in a battalion of infantry.

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