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Corpus christi

//ˈkɔːpəs ˈkɹɪstaɪ// name, slang

Definitions

Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A feast day in honor of the Eucharist, observed by Roman Catholics and high-church Anglicans on the Thursday after Trinity Sunday.
  2. 2
    A coastal city, the county seat of Nueces County, Texas.
  3. 3
    Ellipsis of Corpus Christi College, Cambridge. abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis, informal
  4. 4
    Ellipsis of Corpus Christi College, Oxford. abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis, informal
Noun
  1. 1
    Thursday after Trinity Sunday; first celebrated in 1246 wordnet

Etymology

From Latin, meaning “body of Christ”.

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