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corporas

/ˈkɔː(ɹ)pəɹəs/

corporas noun: the corporal, or communion cloth.

Noun

corporas (plural corporases)

  1. (obsolete) The corporal, or communion cloth.
    • The hawke tyryd on a bone,
      And in the holy place
      She mutyd there a chase
      Upon my corporas face.c. 1503–1512, John Skelton, Ware the Hauke; republished in John Scattergood, editor, John Skelton: The Complete English Poems, 1983, →OCLC, page 63, lines 60–63
    • corporas clothes1655, Thomas Fuller, The History of the University of Cambridge, since the Conquest, [London]: [[…] Iohn Williams […]], →OCLC

Forms of corporas

pluralcorporases

Origin of corporas

From Middle English coperas, copereaus, corpas, corperas, corperaus, corporas, corporasse, corporaus, corporax, corporeals, corprax, from Old French corporals, corporaus, plural of corporal (“corporal”, adjective).

Questions about corporas

What does corporas mean?
Corporas means the corporal, or communion cloth.
What part of speech is corporas?
Corporas is a noun.
How do you pronounce corporas?
Corporas is pronounced /ˈkɔː(ɹ)pəɹəs/.
What is the plural of corporas?
The plural of corporas is corporases.

Words near corporas in the dictionary

  1. corporals
  2. corporalship
  3. corporalships
  4. Corporan
  5. Corporans
  6. corporas
  7. corporases
  8. corporate
  9. corporate anorexia
  10. corporate censorship
  11. corporate citizen

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