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Corporal vs Spiritual - What's the difference?

corporal | spiritual |

As nouns the difference between corporal and spiritual

is that corporal is (military) a non-commissioned officer army rank with nato code the rank below a sergeant but above a lance corporal and private or corporal can be (ecclesiastical) the white linen cloth on which the elements of the eucharist are placed; a communion cloth while spiritual is (christianity|historical) a member of a branch of the franciscan order who advocated simple dress and renounced the owning of property.

As an adjective corporal

is (archaic) having a physical, tangible body; corporeal.

corporal

English

Etymology 1

From (etyl) corporal (French corporel), from (etyl) ; compare corporeal.

Adjective

(-)
  • (archaic) Having a physical, tangible body; corporeal.
  • * 1603-06 , Macbeth: Ac.1 Sc3, Wm. Shakespeare.
    • Into the air; and what seem'd corporal melted as breath into the wind.
  • Of or pertaining to the body, especially the human body.
    • Synonyms
    * bodily * corporeal
    Derived terms
    * corporality * corporal punishment

    Etymology 2

    Corrupted from the (etyl) caporal, from the (etyl) caporale, from .

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (military) A non-commissioned officer army rank with NATO code . The rank below a sergeant but above a lance corporal and private.
  • A non-commissioned officer rank in the police force, below a sergeant but above a private or patrolman.
    • Derived terms
    * corporal's guard * lance corporal * ship's corporal

    Etymology 3

    From the (etyl) corporale, the neuter of corporalis representing the doctrine of transubstantiation in which the Eucharist becomes the body of Christ.

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (ecclesiastical) The white linen cloth on which the elements of the Eucharist are placed; a communion cloth.
  • *
    • Derived terms
    * corporal oath

    spiritual

    English

    Alternative forms

    * spirituall, spirytual, spirytuall, spyritual, spyrituall, spyrytual, spyrytuall

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Of or pertaining to the spirit or the soul.
    • Respect towards ancestors is an essential part of Thai spiritual practice.
  • * Sir Thomas Browne
    • God's law is spiritual ; it is a transcript of the divine nature, and extends its authority to the acts of the soul of man.
  • Of or pertaining to God or a place of worship; sacred.
  • Of or pertaining to spirits; supernatural.
  • Consisting of spirit; not material; incorporeal.
    • a spiritual substance or being
  • * Bible, 1. Corinthians xv. 44
    • It is sown a natural body, it is raised a spiritual body.
  • Of or relating to the intellectual and higher endowments of the mind; mental; intellectual.
  • (Christianity) Controlled and inspired by the Holy Spirit; pure; holy.
  • * Bible, Gal. vi. 1
    • If a man be overtaken in a fault, ye which are spiritual , restore such an one.
  • Not lay or temporal; relating to sacred things; ecclesiastical.
    • the spiritual''' functions of the clergy; lords '''spiritual''' and temporal; a '''spiritual corporation

    Derived terms

    * antispiritual * antispiritualism * antispirituality * spiritual desertion * spiritualism * spiritualist * spirituality * spiritually

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A Christian religious song, especially one in an African-American style, or a similar non-religious song.
  • Any spiritual function, office, or affair.
    • He assigns supremacy to the pope in spirituals , and to the emperor in temporals. — Lowell.