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corporale |
1 definition found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Corporal \Cor"po*ral\ (k[^o]r"p[-o]*ral), Corporale \Cor`po*ra"le\ (-r?"l?), n. [LL. corporale: cf F. corporal. See {Corporal},a.] A fine linen cloth, on which the sacred elements are consecrated in the eucharist, or with which they are covered; a communion cloth. {Corporal oath}, a solemn oath; -- so called from the fact that it was the ancient usage for the party taking it to touch the corporal, or cloth that covered the consecrated elements.
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