incorporealadj.n.
/ɪnkɔːˈpɔːriːəl/ Not corporeal.
A. adj.
1. Having no bodily or material structure; not composed of matter; immaterial.
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the world > the supernatural > supernatural being > [adjective] > without a body
unbodily1398
unbodied1513
incorporeal1532
the world > existence and causation > existence > materiality > immateriality > [adjective]
bodilessa1398
matterlessa1398
unmateriala1398
unbodily1398
immaterialc1450
metaphysic1528
incorporeal1532
incorporate1540
incorporal1551
uncorporal1567
metaphysical1577
unphysical1593
limbless1594
corpseless1596
unbodied1609
immateriate1626
incorporeous1638
uncarnate1646
unmattered1647
incorporificated1651
unembodied1662
unessential1667
inessential1677
unelementarya1706
unelementateda1706
unincarnate1709
immechanical1715
asomatous1731
unincorporate1821
unfleshly1834
ethereal1836
non-material1847
non-physical1856
unincarnated1859
discorporate1888
transubstantial1892
1532 T. More Confut. Tyndale in Wks. 387/2 God may make the bodyly corporall water able to worke vpon the vnbodyed incorporiall soule.
1577 M. Hanmer tr. Bp. Eusebius in Aunc. Eccl. Hist. x. iv. 201 An incorruptible nature, an incorporeall..seuered from all earthly substance.
1651 R. Baxter Plain Script. Proof Infants Church-membership & Baptism Apol. 2 Corporeal signs cannot work or make an impression upon incorporeal souls.
1713 D. Bartlett in Guardian 10 Aug. 2/2 They are not actuated by any incorporeal Being or Spirit.
1839 H. Hallam Introd. Lit. Europe II. iii. 145 Two active incorporeal principles, heat and cold.
1871 B. Jowett in tr. Plato Dialogues I. 383 It has been argued that the soul is invisible and incorporeal.
2. Of, pertaining to, or characteristic of immaterial beings.
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the world > existence and causation > existence > materiality > immateriality > [adjective] > of or relating to or characteristic of immaterial beings
incorporeal1667
1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost viii. 37 The sedentarie Earth..receaves, As Tribute such a sumless journey brought Of incorporeal speed, her warmth and light. View more context for this quotation
1811 W. R. Spencer Poems 200 Thy taste's quick glance of incorporeal sight.
1859 I. Taylor Logic in Theol. 133 The incorporeal liberty of angelic existences!
3. Law. Having no material existence in itself, but attaching as a right or profit to some actual thing; esp. incorporeal hereditament (see quots.).
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society > law > legal concepts > [adjective] > attaching as right or profit to actual thing
incorporeal1628
1628 E. Coke 1st Pt. Inst. Lawes Eng. 9 a Grant, Concessio, is properly of things incorporeall, which as hath been said) cannot passe without Deed.
1767 W. Blackstone Comm. Laws Eng. (new ed.) II. iii. 20 An incorporeal hereditament is a right issuing out of a thing corporate (whether real or personal) or concerning, or annexed to, or exercisible within, the same.
1827 J. Bentham Rationale Judicial Evid. II. iv. v. 555 Property called incorporeal, such as an annuity.
1845 J. Williams Princ. Law Real Prop. Introd. 10 A house is corporeal, but the annual rent payable for its occupation is incorporeal.
4. In which the body is not (primarily) affected or concerned.
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the mind > [adjective] > as opposed to physical
internal1547
psychical1642
superanimal?1663
psychological1789
psychic1845
incorporeal1887
1887 Giffen Pres. Addr. Econ. Sc. Sect. Brit. Assoc. Numbers employed in..what may be called incorporeal functions—that is, as teachers, artists, and the like.
B. n. (plural)
Things incorporeal.
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the world > existence and causation > existence > materiality > immateriality > [noun] > immaterial or incorporeal thing > immaterial things
spiritc1384
immaterial1608
incorporeal1628
imponderabilia1925
1628 O. Felltham Resolves: 2nd Cent. lxix. sig. V2 Nor is it onely true in Materials and Substances; but even in Spirits, in Incorporeals.
1678 R. Cudworth tr. Boethius in True Intellect. Syst. Universe i. v. 776 That Incorporeals are in No Place.
1793 T. Taylor in tr. Plato Wks. Introd. Timaeus 395 The divine nature..cannot be seen through the telescope, and incorporeals are not to be viewed with a microscopic eye.
1880 J. Muirhead tr. Gaius Institutes ii. 82 It is manifest that incorporeals are incapable of transfer by delivery.
Derivatives
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the mind > mental capacity > philosophy > metaphysics > [noun] > incorporealism
incorporealism1678
1678 R. Cudworth True Intellect. Syst. Universe i. i. 27 So..did all the other ancient Atomists..joyn Theology and Incorporealism with their Atomical Physiology.
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the mind > mental capacity > philosophy > metaphysics > [noun] > incorporealism > adherent of
incorporealist1678
1678 R. Cudworth True Intellect. Syst. Universe i. i. 21 We pass to Pythagoras..it is well known..that he was a professed Incorporealist.
incorporeˈality n. the quality of being incorporeal, incorporeity.
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the world > existence and causation > existence > materiality > immateriality > [noun]
incorporality1601
incorporeity1601
impalpability1605
unbodiliness1611
immateriality1629
etherealness1727
ethereality1811
immaterialism1824
etherealism1827
bodilessness1838
incorporeality1846
non-materiality1846
intangibility1847
unfleshlinessa1859
1846 ‘G. Eliot’ tr. D. F. Strauss Life Jesus II. 268 The idea that demons shunned incorporeality.
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the mind > mental capacity > philosophy > metaphysics > [verb (intransitive)] > maintain theory of incorporeal existence
incorporealize1678
1678 R. Cudworth True Intellect. Syst. Universe i. i. 40 The same persons did..Theologize or Incorporealize, asserting Souls to be a Substance really distinct from Matter.
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