Corpus christi

/ˈkɔːpəs ˈkɹɪstaɪ/ name, slang

name, slang ·Moderate ·High school level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    Thursday after Trinity Sunday; first celebrated in 1246 wordnet
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

Etymology

From Latin, meaning “body of Christ”.