Corpus christi
/ˈkɔːpəs ˈkɹɪstaɪ/ name, slang
name, slang ·Moderate ·High school level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 Thursday after Trinity Sunday; first celebrated in 1246 wordnet
Proper Noun
- 1 A feast day in honor of the Eucharist, observed by Roman Catholics and high-church Anglicans on the Thursday after Trinity Sunday.
- 2 A coastal city, the county seat of Nueces County, Texas.
- 3 Ellipsis of Corpus Christi College, Cambridge. abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis, informal
- 4 Ellipsis of Corpus Christi College, Oxford. abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis, informal
Etymology
From Latin, meaning “body of Christ”.