Corpus Definition

kôrpəs
corpora
noun
corpora
A human or animal body, esp. a dead one.
Webster's New World
A complete or comprehensive collection, as of laws or writings of a specified type.
The corpus of civil law.
Webster's New World
A collection of writings or recorded remarks used for linguistic analysis.
American Heritage
The main body or substance of anything.
Webster's New World
The principal, as distinguished from the interest or income, of an estate, fund, etc.
Webster's New World
Synonyms:

Other Word Forms of Corpus

Noun

Singular:
corpus
Plural:
corpora, corpuses

Origin of Corpus

  • Middle English from Latin kwrep- in Indo-European roots

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • From Latin corpus (“body”).

    From Wiktionary

Corpus Sentence Examples

  • The poems and letters are edited in the Vienna Corpus script.

  • Before the prorogation, however, he saw the invaluable Act of Habeas Corpus, which he had carried through parliament, receive the royal assent.

  • The proposed rising was a dismal failure, but the Habeas Corpus Act was suspended and Thistlewood and Watson were seized, although upon being tried they were acquitted.

  • The manuscripts of most of Eadmer's works are preserved in the library of Corpus Christi College, Cambridge.

  • At this point the official collections stop. The two last, which have found a place in the editions of the Corpus, are "Extrava- collections of private authority, but in which all the gantes" of documents are authentic. Evidently the strict pro John hibition of the publishing of collections not approved XXII.

More Sentences

Related Articles

Find Similar Words

Find similar words to corpus using the buttons below.

Words Starting With

CCOCOR

Words Ending With

SUSPUS

Unscrambles

corpus

Words Starting With C and Ending With S

Starts With C & Ends With SStarts With CO & Ends With SStarts With C & Ends With US

Word Length

6 Letter Words6 Letter Words Starting With C6 Letter Words Ending With S