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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.

The state of being or having a body; bodily existence; corporeality; -- opposed to spirituality. Dr. H. More.

In or with the body; bodily; as, to be corporally present. Sharp.

A corporal's office.

The act of corrupting or subverting morals. Especially: The act of corrupting or subverting discipline, courage, hope, etc., or the state of being corrupted or subverted in discipline, courage, etc.; as, the demoralization of an army or navy.

To corrupt or undermine in morals; to destroy or lessen the effect of moral principles on; to render corrupt or untrustworthy in morals, in discipline, in courage, spirit, etc.; to weaken in spirit or efficiency. The demoralizing example of profligate power and prosperous crime. Walsh. The vices of the nobility had dem…

s on a discoid outgrowth of the receptacle; - - said of a subclass of plants. Cf. Calycifloral.

Of or relating to a doctor, or to the degree of doctor. Doctoral habit and square cap. Wood.

In the manner of a doctor.[R.]

The territory or dignity of an elector; electorate. [R.] Sir H. Wotton.

Pertaining to an ephor.

The office of an ephor, or the body of ephors.

Extemporaneous; unpremeditated. [Obs.] B. Jonson. -- Ex*tem"po*ral*ly, adv. [Obs.]

Pertaining to the femur or thigh; as, the femoral artery. "Femoral habiliments." Sir W. Scott.

Pertaining to Flora, or to flowers; made of flowers; as, floral games, wreaths.

In a floral manner.

A tubelike marking, occuring in sandstone and other strata.

An Indian goat antelope (Nemorhedus goral), resembling the chamois.

Of or pertaining to an hour, or to hours. Prior.

Hourly. [Obs.]