Coronach Cor"o·nach noun See Coranach .

Coronal Cor"o·nal (k?r"?-n a l or, esp. in science , k?-r?"n a l; 277) adjective [ Latin coronalis : confer F. coronal .] 1. Of or pertaining to a corona (in any of the senses).

The coronal light during the eclipse is faint.
Abney.

2. Of or pertaining to a king's crown, or coronation.

The law and his coronal oath require his undeniable assent to what laws the Parliament agree upon.
Milton.

3. Of or pertaining to the top of the head or skull.

4. (Zoology) Of or pertaining to the shell of a sea urchin.

Coronal suture (Anat.) , a suture extending across the skull between the parietal and frontal bones; the fronto-parietal suture.

Coronal Cor"o·nal noun 1. A crown; wreath; garland. Spenser.

2. The frontal bone, over which the ancients wore their coronæ or garlands. Hooper.

Coronamen Cor`o·na"men noun [ Latin , a crowning.] (Zoology) The upper margin of a hoof; a coronet.

Coronary Cor"o·na·ry adjective [ Latin coronarius : confer French coronaire .] 1. Of or pertaining to a crown; forming, or adapted to form, a crown or garland. " Coronary thorns." Bp. Pearson.

The catalogue of coronary plants is not large in Theophrastus.
Sir T. Browne.

2. (Anat.) Resembling, or situated like, a crown or circlet; as, the coronary arteries and veins of the heart.

Coronary Cor"o·na·ry noun A small bone in the foot of a horse.

Coronary bone Cor"o·na·ry bone The small pastern bone of the horse and allied animals.

Coronary cushion Coronary cushion A cushionlike band of vascular tissue at the upper border of the wall of the hoof of the horse and allied animals. It takes an important part in the secretion of the horny walls.

Coronate Cor"o·nate adjective [ Latin coronatus , past participle of coronare to crown, from corona . See Crown .] 1. Having or wearing a crown.

2. (Zoology) (a) Having the coronal feathers lengthened or otherwise distinguished; -- said of birds. (b) Girt about the spire with a row of tubercles or spines; -- said of spiral shells.

3. (Biol.) Having a crest or a crownlike appendage.

Coronation Cor`o·na"tion noun [ See Coronate .]

1. The act or solemnity of crowning a sovereign; the act of investing a prince with the insignia of royalty, on his succeeding to the sovereignty.

2. The pomp or assembly at a coronation. Pope.

Coronel Coro"nel noun [ See Colonel .] A colonel. [ Obsolete] Spenser.

Coronel Cor"o·nel noun [ Confer Cronel , Crown .] (Anc. Armor) The iron head of a tilting spear, divided into two, three, or four blunt points. [ Written also cronel .] Grose.

Coroner Cor"o·ner noun [ From Middle English coronen to crown, Old French coroner , from Latin coronare , from corona crown. Formed as a translation of Late Latin coronator coroner, from Latin corona crown, the coroner having been originally a prosecuting officer of the crown. See Crown .] An officer of the peace whose principal duty is to inquire, with the help of a jury, into the cause of any violent, sudden or mysterious death, or death in prison, usually on sight of the body and at the place where the death occurred. [ In England formerly also written and pronounced crowner .]

» In some of the United States the office of coroner is abolished, that of medical examiner taking its place.

Coroner's inquest . See under Inquest .

Coronet Cor"o·net noun [ Dim. of Middle English corone crown; confer Old French coronete . See Crown , and confer Crownet , Cronet .]

1. An ornamental or honorary headdress, having the shape and character of a crown; particularly, a crown worn as the mark of high rank lower than sovereignty. The word is used by Shakespeare to denote also a kingly crown.

Without a star, a coronet , or garter.
Goldsmith.

» The coronet of the Prince of Wales consist of a circlet of gold with four crosses pattée around the edge between as many fleurs-de-lis . The center crosses are connected by an arch which is surmounted by a globe or cross. The coronet of a British duke is adorned with strawberry leaves; that of a marquis has leaves with pearls interposed; that of an earl raises the pearls above the leaves; that of a viscount is surrounded with pearls only; that of a baron has only four pearls.

2. (Far.) The upper part of a horse's hoof, where the horn terminates in skin. James White.

3. (Anc. Armor) The iron head of a tilting spear; a coronel. Crose.

Coroneted Cor"o·net·ed adjective Wearing, or entitled to wear, a coronet; of noble birth or rank.

Coroniform Co·ron"i·form adjective [ Latin corona crown + -form .] Having the form of a crown or coronet; resembling a crown.

Coronilla Cor`o·nil"la noun [ New Latin , from Latin corona crown: confer French coronille .] (Botany) A genus of plants related to the clover, having their flowers arranged in little heads or tufts resembling coronets.

Coronis Co·ro"nis noun [ Greek korwni`s anything curved. See Cornice .] 1. In Greek grammar, a sign [ '] sometimes placed over a contracted syllable. W. W. Goodwin.

2. The curved line or flourish at the end of a book or chapter; hence, the end. [ R.] Bp. Hacket.

Coronium Co·ro"ni·um noun [ New Latin See Corona .] (Chem. & Astron.) The principal gaseous substance forming the solar corona, characterized by a green line in the coronal spectrum.

Coronoid Cor"o·noid (kŏr"o*noid) adjective [ Greek korw`nh crow + -oid : confer French coronoïde .] (Anat.) Resembling the beak of a crow; as, the coronoid process of the jaw, or of the ulna.

Coronule Cor"o·nule noun [ Latin coronula , dim. of corona crown.] (Botany) A coronet or little crown of a seed; the downy tuft on seeds. See Pappus . Martyn.

Coroun Co·roun" v. & noun Crown. [ Obsolete] Chaucer.

Corozo Co·ro"zo noun [ Confer Spanish cerozo a kind of palm tree.] The name in Central America for the seed of a true palm; also, a commercial name for the true ivory nut. See Ivory nut .

Corporace Cor"po·race noun See Corporas .

Corporal Cor"po·ral (kôr"po*r a l) noun [ Corrupted from French caporal , Italian caporale , from capo head, chief, Latin caput . See Chief , and confer Caporal .] (Mil.) A noncommissioned officer, next below a sergeant. In the United States army he is the lowest noncommissioned officer in a company of infantry. He places and relieves sentinels.

Corporal's guard , a detachment such as would be in charge of a corporal for guard duty, etc.; hence, derisively, a very small number of persons. -- Lance corporal , an assistant corporal on private's pay. Farrow. -- Ship's corporal (Nautical) , a petty officer who assists the master at arms in his various duties.

Corporal Cor"po·ral adjective [ Latin corporalis , from corpus body. See Corpse .] 1. Belonging or relating to the body; bodily. "Past corporal toil." Shak.

Pillories and other corporal infections.
Milton.

Corporal punishment (law) , punishment applied to the body of the offender, including the death penalty, whipping, and imprisonment.

2. Having a body or substance; not spiritual; material. In this sense now usually written corporeal . Milton.

A corporal heaven . . . .where the stare are.
Latimer.

What seemed corporal melted
As breath into the wind.
Shak.

Syn. -- Corporal , Bodily , Corporeal . Bodily is opposed to mental ; as, bodily affections. Corporeal refers to the whole physical structure or nature, of the body; as, corporeal substance or frame. Corporal , as now used, refers more to punishment or some infliction; as, corporal punishment. To speak of corporeal punishment is an error. Bodily austerities; the corporeal mold.

Corporal Cor"po·ral (kôr"po*r a l), Cor`po*ra"le (-r?"l?) noun [ Late Latin corporale : confer French corporal . See Corporal , adjective ] A fine linen cloth, on which the sacred elements are consecrated in the eucharist, or with which they are covered; a communion cloth.

Corporal oath , a solemn oath; -- so called from the fact that it was the ancient usage for the party taking it to touch the corporal, or cloth that covered the consecrated elements.

Corporality Cor`po·ral"i·ty noun : plural Corporalities (-t...z). [ Latin corporalitas : confer French corporalit... .] 1. The state of being or having a body; bodily existence; corporeality; -- opposed to spirituality . Dr. H. More.

2. A confraternity; a guild. [ Obsolete] Milton.

Corporally Cor"po·ral·ly adverb In or with the body; bodily; as, to be corporally present. Sharp.

Corporalship Cor"po·ral·ship noun (Mil.) A corporal's office.

Corporas Cor"po·ras noun [ Prop. plural of corporal .] The corporal, or communion cloth. [ Obsolete] Fuller.

Corporate Cor"po·rate adjective [ Latin corporatus , past participle of corporare to shape into a body, from corpus body. See Corpse .] 1. Formed into a body by legal enactment; united in an association, and endowed by law with the rights and liabilities of an individual; incorporated; as, a corporate town.

2. Belonging to a corporation or incorporated body. " Corporate property." Hallam.

3. United; general; collectively one.

They answer in a joint and corporate voice.
Shak.

Corporate member , an actual or voting member of a corporation, as distinguished from an associate or an honorary member; as, a corporate member of the American Board.

Corporate Cor"po·rate transitive verb To incorporate. [ Obsolete] Stow.

Corporate Cor"po·rate intransitive verb To become incorporated. [ Obsolete]

Corporately Cor"po·rate·ly adverb 1. In a corporate capacity; acting as a corporate body.

2. In, or as regarda, the body. Fabyan.

Corporation Cor`po·ra"tion (kôr`po*rā"shŭn) noun [ Latin corporatio incarnation: confer French corporation corporation.] A body politic or corporate, formed and authorized by law to act as a single person, and endowed by law with the capacity of succession; a society having the capacity of transacting business as an individual.

» Corporations are aggregate or sole . Corporations aggregate consist of two or more persons united in a society, which is preserved by a succession of members, either forever or till the corporation is dissolved by the power that formed it, by the death of all its members, by surrender of its charter or franchises, or by forfeiture. Such corporations are the mayor and aldermen of cities, the head and fellows of a college, the dean and chapter of a cathedral church, the stockholders of a bank or insurance company, etc. A corporation sole consists of a single person, who is made a body corporate and politic, in order to give him some legal capacities, and especially that of succession, which as a natural person he can not have. Kings, bishops, deans, parsons, and vicars, are in England sole corporations. A fee will not pass to a corporation sole without the word "successors" in the grant. There are instances in the United States of a minister of a parish seized of parsonage lands in the right of his parish, being a corporation sole, as in Massachusetts. Corporations are sometimes classified as public and private ; public being convertible with municipal , and private corporations being all corporations not municipal.

Close corporation . See under Close .

Corporator Cor"po·ra`tor noun A member of a corporation, esp. one of the original members.

Corporature Cor"po·ra·ture noun The state of being embodied; bodily existence. [ Obsolete] Dr. H. More.

Corporeal Cor·po"re·al (kôr*pō"re* a l) adjective [ Latin corporeus , from corpus body.] Having a body; consisting of, or pertaining to, a material body or substance; material; -- opposed to spiritual or immaterial .

His omnipotence
That to corporeal substance could add
Speed almost spiritual.
Milton.

Corporeal property , such as may be seen and handled (as opposed to incorporeal , which can not be seen or handled, and exists only in contemplation). Mozley & W.

Syn. -- Corporal; bodily. See Corporal .

Corporealism Cor·po"re·al·ism noun Materialism. Cudworth.

Corporealist Cor·po"re·al·ist (kŏr*pō"re* a l*ĭst) noun One who denies the reality of spiritual existences; a materialist.

Some corporealists pretended . . . to make a world without a God.
Bp. Berkeley.

Corporeality Cor·po`re·al"i·ty noun : plural Corporealities (-tĭz). The state of being corporeal; corporeal existence.

Corporeally Cor·po"re·al·ly (kŏr*pō"re* a l*lȳ) adverb In the body; in a bodily form or manner.

Corporealness Cor·po"re·al·ness noun Corporeality; corporeity.

Corporeity Cor`po·re"i·ty noun [ Late Latin corporeitas : confer French corpor...it... .] The state of having a body; the state of being corporeal; materiality.

The one attributed corporeity to God.
Bp. Stillingfleet.

Those who deny light to be matter, do not therefore deny its corporeity .
Coleridge.

Corporify Cor·por"i·fy transitive verb [ Latin corpus body + -fy : confer French corporifier .] To embody; to form into a body. [ Obsolete] Boyle.

Corposant Cor"po·sant noun [ Italian corpo santo holy body.] St. Elmo's fire. See under Saint .

Corps Corps (kōr, plural kōrz) noun sing. & plural [ French, from Latin corpus body. See Corpse .] 1. The human body, whether living or dead. [ Obsolete] See Corpse , 1.

By what craft in my corps , it cometh [ commences] and where.
Piers Plowman.

2. A body of men; esp., an organized division of the military establishment; as, the marine corps ; the corps of topographical engineers; specifically, an army corps.

A corps operating with an army should consist of three divisions of the line, a brigade of artillery, and a regiment of cavalry.
Gen. Upton (U. S. Tactics. )

3. A body or code of laws. [ Obsolete]

The whole corps of the law.
Bacon.

4. (Eccl.) The land with which a prebend or other ecclesiastical office is endowed. [ Obsolete]

The prebendaries over and above their reserved rents have a corps .
Bacon.

Army corps , or (French) Corps d'armée (kor` där`ma"), a body containing two or more divisions of a large army, organized as a complete army in itself. --