Definition of "corporale" [corporale]

• Same as corporal. (noun)

The Century Dictionary (Public Domain)

• "Et ego quæsiui: Creditis quod ipse sit spiritus vel aliquid corporale?"
• "Et ego qu鎠iui: Creditis quod ipse sit spiritus vel aliquid corporale?"
• "Lord Coke tells us, in the passage quoted at p. 364., that this was called the corporal oath, because the witness "toucheth with his hand some part of the Holy Scripture;" but the better opinion seems to be, that it was so called from the ancient custom of laying the hands upon the _corporale_, or cloth which covered the sacred elements, by which the most solemn oath was taken in Popish times."