Corporas

//ˈkɔː(ɹ)pəɹəs// noun

noun ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    The corporal, or communion cloth. obsolete

    "The hawke tyryd on a bone, And in the holy place She mutyd there a chase Upon my corporas face."

Example

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"The hawke tyryd on a bone, And in the holy place She mutyd there a chase Upon my corporas face."

Etymology

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

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