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sp | corporal |

As a proper noun sp

is spanish (language).

As an adjective corporal is

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

As a noun 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.

sp

English

===(en)=== (en noun)
  • (horse racing) Starting price.
  • * 1985 , (Peter Carey), Illywhacker , Faber and Faber 2003, p. 157:
    • He was an atheist, a rationalist, a medical student of no great distinction, an SP punter, a singer of bawdy songs, an acknowledged expert in matters erotic.
  • Selling price.
  • (US, military, navy) Shore patrol.
  • (law enforcement) State police
  • Slow play.
  • (computing) service pack.
  • (law enforcement) superintendent
  • (Scientology) suppressive person
  • (biochemistry) substance P

    • Alternative forms

    *

    Synonyms

    * (law enforcement)

    Derived terms

    * (law enforcement) CSP, SSP

    Related terms

    * (law enforcement) DSupt, DCS, Ch Supt

    Abbreviation

    (Abbreviation) (head)
  • , a state of Brazil.

    • See also

    * EP * LP * SLP * single * record * album * * *

    Anagrams

    * ----

    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