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Webster 1913 Edition
Corporale
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Cor′po-ral
(kôr′pō̍-ral)
, ‖Corˊpo-ra′le
(-r?′l?)
, } Noun.
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.
Webster 1828 Edition
Corporale
CORPORAL
, CORPORALE,Noun.
Corporal oath, a solemn oath, so called from the ancient usage of touching the corporale, or cloth that covered the consecrated elements.