incorporeal
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incorporeal — in·cor·po·re·al /ˌin kȯr pōr ē əl/ adj: not tangible: having no material body or form incorporeal hereditaments an incorporeal right compare corporeal Merriam Webster’s Dictionary of Law. Merriam Webster. 1996 … Law dictionary
Incorporeal — In cor*po re*al, a. [Pref. in not + corporeal: cf. L. incorporeus. Cf. {Incorporal}.] [1913 Webster] 1. Not corporeal; not having a material body or form; not consisting of matter; immaterial. [1913 Webster] Thus incorporeal spirits to smaller… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
incorporeal — (adj.) 1530s, with AL (Cf. al) (1) and L. incorporeus without body, from in not (see IN (Cf. in ) (1)) + corpus (gen. corporis) body (see CORPORAL (Cf. corporal)) … Etymology dictionary
incorporeal — *immaterial, spiritual Antonyms: corporeal Contrasted words: *material, physical, sensible, objective … New Dictionary of Synonyms
incorporeal — ► ADJECTIVE ▪ not composed of matter; having no material existence … English terms dictionary
incorporeal — [in΄kôr pôr′ē əl] adj. [L incorporeus (see INCORPOREITY) + AL] 1. not consisting of matter; without material body or substance 2. of spirits or angels 3. Law without physical existence in itself but belonging as a right to a material thing or… … English World dictionary
incorporeal — by Tamsin Lorraine In The Logic of Sense, Deleuze characterises the distinction made by the Stoics between mixtures of bodies or states of affairs and incorporeal entities that frolic on the surface of occurrences (D 1990: 5). According to… … The Deleuze dictionary
incorporeal — by Tamsin Lorraine In The Logic of Sense, Deleuze characterises the distinction made by the Stoics between mixtures of bodies or states of affairs and incorporeal entities that frolic on the surface of occurrences (D 1990: 5). According to… … The Deleuze dictionary
incorporeal — Synonyms and related words: Masan, airy, apparition, appearance, asomatous, astral, astral spirit, banshee, bodiless, control, decarnate, decarnated, departed spirit, discarnate, disembodied, disembodied spirit, duppy, dybbuk, ectoplasmic,… … Moby Thesaurus
incorporeal — in|cor|po|re|al [ˌınko:ˈpo:riəl US ko:r ] adj formal not existing in any physical form ▪ Plato demonstrated the incorporeal nature of the soul … Dictionary of contemporary English
Incorporeal hereditament — Incorporeal In cor*po re*al, a. [Pref. in not + corporeal: cf. L. incorporeus. Cf. {Incorporal}.] [1913 Webster] 1. Not corporeal; not having a material body or form; not consisting of matter; immaterial. [1913 Webster] Thus incorporeal spirits… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
