Coronulidae 
Goronulidaefkiir-o-mi'li-dt'i, ./</. [NL.,<Coro- 
n n In + -iilic.] A family of open-mate non-pe- 
dunt'.ulatit Iliofiwii- i-irripcils, having the seiit:i 
mill trrgii frcoly movable but not articulated 
with one iinothr'r, and the two gills each of two 
folds. Ciiriiinilii, Tuliiriiii'llii, and Xcnnbalanitii 
lire genera <>!' I hi- family. 
Corophiidae ( kor-o-fi' i-de), n. pi. [NL. , < Coro- 
/iliiniii + -i<lat.] A family of amphipod crus- 
ti ..... UIIS. Their te, -hull ill characters :uv : il Inxly Dot lat- 
eralh compressed; tiir posterior ant. HIM- more or less 
pciliform ; ami the coxa! joints of the lens normally very 
imall I li.- species move rather by walking than leaping, 
ami ott ei i Imrriiw in tin- ground or live In tubes. Represen- 
t.tlivi' ^rnrra .ire I '"i-i'i'tit inn. (V/W/M/X, and f'otloceni*. 
Corophium (ko-ro'fi-um), . [NL. (Latreille).] 
Tlin typical 
genus of the 
family C<m>- 
phiithe, hav- 
ing the poste- 
rior antennas 
long and podi- cr,t>>im >tiia>r<u. 
form. Coro 
lotiyieorne is a burrowing species which 
digs passages in the mud. 
coroplast (kor'o-plast), n. [< Gr. nopoTrldon/c,, 
in classical Gr. Kopojr'AaBof, a modeler of small 
figures, < n6/n/, a maiden (hence, the figure of a 
maiden: a usual subject for these figurines). 
+ ir^deoeiv, verbal adj. TrAaoroc,, model, form.] 
In Gr. antiq., a maker of terra-cotta figurines 
and the like. 
The Myrimean coroplasts or manufacturers of terra- 
cottas were certainly intlnenced by the models of their 
brethren in Tnnatm. The Nation, Oct. 1, 1885, p. 286. 
corounet , corownet, Obsolete forms of crown. 
coroya (ko-ro'yjv), . [S. Amer. T] The name 
of Clrotophagti major, one of the anis or tick- 
eaters. 
corozo (ko-ro'zo), n. [S. Amer.] 1. A palm 
which bears oil-producing nuts, as the Attalea 
Cohune, etc. 2. Same as ivory-nut. 
corphun (k6r'fun), . [E. dial. (Halliwell); 
origin unknown.] A local English name of the 
youiig herring, Clupea harengus. 
corpora, Plural of corpus. 
corporacet, An obsolete form of corpora fl. 
corporal 1 (k6r'po-ral), a. and . [= P. corpo- 
<( = Pr. Sp. Pg. corporal = It. corporals, < L. 
corporalis, bodily, < corpus (corpor-), body : 
see corpse, corps.] I. a. 1. Pertaining or relat- 
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wide as the altar itself, so that il < -mild easily lie drawn 
over tin 1 ehalii'e ami host, ami entirely veil them. 
Rock, Church of our Fathers, I. 266. 
corporal- (k6r'po-ral), n. [A corruption by con- 
fusion with eorporoP or (as in D. korporaal = 
G. Dan. Sw. korporal) with cor/is"; cf. i'. <</ 
poral = Kouchi co/ioral, corporal = 8p. (obs.) 
Pg. ca/Kiral, < It. raporale, a corporal (cf. ML. 
caporalis, a chief, a commander), < capo, the 
head (cf. i-n/i/nni :iml i-liief, of the same ult. 
origin), < Ij.caput, the head: SIM //-'. i-ninit, 
in\ Ill-mi.] The lowest non-commissioned of- 
ficer of a company of infantry, cavalry, or artil- 
lery, next below a sergeant. He has charge of a 
squad, places and relieves sentinels, and has a certain 
disciplinary control in camp and barracks. 
Now my whole charge consists of ancients, corporals, 
lieutenants, gentlemen of companies. 
Shak., 1 Hen. IV., IT. 2. 
Corporal's guard (inilit.), a small detachment under 
arms, such as that usually placed, for various purposes, 
under the command of a corporal : sometimes used deri- 
sively; hence, any very small following, attendance, or 
party ; specifically, In if. S, hint., the small numberof sena- 
tors and congressmen who supported the administration 
of President John Tyler, 1841-5. Ship's corporal, n 
board 1'nlted States men-of-war, a petty officer under the 
master-at-arms. 
corporal-case (k6r'po-ral-kas), n. [Formerly 
also corpora*-, corporace-, corporax-case ; < cor- 
poral*, n., + case*.] Kccles. : (a) A bag or case 
in which to lay the folded corporal. (6) A bag 
or case put over the corporal-cup for its protec- 
tion. 
corporal-cloth (kdr'po-ral-kldth), n. Same as 
corporal*. 
corporal-cup (k6r ' po - ral - kiip), n. [Formerly 
corporas-, corporax-cup ;<. corporal*, n., + cup.] 
A vessel used to contain a portion of the con- 
secrated elements reserved for the communion 
of the sick. It was sometimes suspended by 
chains near the altar. 
corporate (k6r-po-ra'le), n. ; pi. corporalia 
(-li-a). [ML.] Same as corporal*. 
corporalityt (k6r-po-ral'j-ti), . [= F. corpo- 
r(i^=8p. corporaliilad^Pg. corpirralidade = 
It. corporalita, < LL. corporaiita(t-)s, < L. cor- 
poralis : see corporal 1 .] 1 . The state of being 
a body or embodied; the character of being 
corporal : opposed to spirituality. 
If this light hath any corporality, . . . lit is] most subtle 
and pure. Raleigh, Hist. World. 
2t. Corporation ; confraternity. 
ing to the body ; bodily ; physical : as, corporal A corpora u ly of grin - on-like promoters and apparators. 
pain; corporal punishment. auton. Reformation in Eng., i. 
I would I had that corporal soundness now. 
Shak., All's Well, i. 2. 
2. Material; not spiritual; corporeal. [Bare 
or obsolete.] 
A corporal heaven where the blare are. Latimer. 
Virtue . . . cannot be shewed to the sense by corporal 
shape. Bacon, Advancement of Learning, ii. 250. 
3. In zoiil., pertaining to the thorax and ab- 
domen, as distinguished from the head, wings, 
feet, and other appendages : as, corporal colors 
or marks. Corporal oathi, an oath ratified by touch- 
ing sacred object, as an altar or corporal-cloth (see II. , 
below), and especially the New Testament, as distin- 
guished from a merely spoken or written oath: thus, an 
lil English coronation-oath, " so helpe me God, and these 
holy euangellsts by me bodily touched vppon this hooly 
awter." 
We flrmely command, and streightly charge you, that 
you doe receiue of euery particular marchant ... a cor- 
poral oath upon Gods holy Euangelists. 
llakluyt'a Voyages, I. 144. 
Sir William Fitz-Williams and Doctor Taylor were sent 
to the Lady Regent, to take her corporal oath. 
Baker, Chronicles, p. 274. 
Spiritual and corporal works of mercy. See mercy. 
-Syn. I'litfxit'al, Corporeal, etc. See bod ily. 
n. >i. [In early mod. E. corporas, corporace, 
corporajc, < ME. corporas, corporasse, earlier cor- 
porate, corporeaus, corporeals, pi. (sing, 'cor- 
poreal, not in ME.), < OF. corporal, pi. corpo- 
rate, F. corporal = Pr. Sp. Pg. corporal =lt.cor- 
pcn-nle, < ML. corporate (> mod. E. corporal, also 
written, as ML., corporate), prop. neut. (so. L. 
/Htl/ium, pall, cover) of L. eorporalis, adj., < cor- 
pus (corpor-), the body : from its being regarded 
as covering the body of Christ.] Eceles., in the 
Koman Catholic and Anglican churches, the 
fine linen cloth spread on the altar during the 
celebration of the eucharist. Upon it are placed 
the chalii'e and (in front of this) the paten. The right-hand 
fin! of the corporal is turm-<l I nick t" cover the paten when 
un tin- altar (i-wpt during oblation and consecration), the 
rhulitr In-ill'.: ruvi-rcil with the pall, or, after commuuion, 
with tlii- post ruiiinuinion veil, sometimes also called a 
cnrjMirul. Also .!ir/""'<r/-i7o/A, corporal*. 
over the purple pall were spread out three or moiv 
linen cloths, of which the uppermost was especially called 
the cut-paral, not small like ourc, but as long and twice as 
corporally (k&r'po-ral-i), adv. Bodily; in or 
with the body : as) to be corporally present. 
Altho' Christ lie not corporally in the outward and vis- 
ible signs, yet he is corporally in the persons that duly 
receive them. Sharp, Sermons, VII. xv. 
corporaltyt(kor'po-ral-ti), . [Seecwjxwa/ity.] 
A body ; a band of persons. 
corporast, An obsolete form of citrporal*. 
corporate! (k6r'po-rat), v. [< L. corporatus, 
pp. of corporare, make into a body, < corpus 
(corpor-), body : see corpse.] I. trans. To in- 
corporate ; embody. 
To he corporated in my person. 
Stow, Hen. VIII., an. 1545. 
II. intrans. To become united or be incor- 
porated. 
Though she (the soul] corporate 
With no world yet, by a just Nemesis 
Kept off from all. 
Dr. II. More, Sleep of the Soul, U. 19. 
corporate (kdr'po-rat), a. [< L. corporatus, pp. : 
see the verb.] 1. United in a boay in the le- 
gal sense, as a number of individuals who are 
empowered to transact business as an individ- 
ual ; legally incorporated ; constituting a cor- 
poration: as, a corporate assembly or society; 
a corporate town. 2. Of or pertaining to a 
corporation ; belonging to an organized com- 
munity : as, corporate rights or possessions. 
The grants of land to the burghers and their successors 
were sufficiently early to prove that there was no recog- 
nized bar to the possession of. corporate property even in 
the fourteenth century. Stubbt, Const. Hist. (2d ed.), t 810. 
3. In general, of or relating to any body of 
persons or individuals united in a company or 
community; common; collective. 
They answer in a joint and corporate voice. 
Shak., 1. of A., U. 2. 
Our national welfare and ever-Increasing empire can 
only be maintained by an adherence to those principles 
of corporate discipline and individual sacrifice which are 
the pride of our sons and brothers uhcti they go to fight 
our battles abroad. /'.(,.;/,///;,,.. s S., \ I.. l.M. 
4. Forming or being a body of any kind ; em- 
bodied ; combined as a whole. 
corporation-stop 
Such an organism as a crayfish is only a corf>rutf unity, 
made up i if innumerable partially indcp. i i-l, nt Individuals. 
.\ tlsh, p. r>. 
Body corporate. See body politic, under (/i(. Corpo- 
rate franchise. See franchise. County corporate. 
corporately (k6r'p9-rat-li), adv. 1. In a cor- 
porate capacity. 
The tribe, asa whole, is held to be responsible corporaM// 
for the acU of each of its menilM-rs, and hence It u neces- 
sary that the acts and lieliefs of every one of the meml>ers 
should 1 subject to the approval of the trllw. 
J. Vote, Evolutionist, p. 231). 
2. AH regards the body ; in the body ; bodily. 
He I Kin;: Stephen! founded the Abbey of Keuersham, 
. . . where he now corporately rest. th. 
Faltyan, Chron., I. ccxxxfii. 
corporateness (k6r'po-rat-nes), i. The state 
Of Mine a body corporate. 
corporation (kor-po-ra'shon), n. [= F. corpora- 
lion = Sp. corpora'cion = Pg. corporacSo = It. 
corporaeione = D. korporatie = G. corporation 
= Dan. 8w. korporation, < LL. corporatio(n-), 
assumption of a body (used of the incarnation 
of Christ), < L. corporare, pp. corporatus, form 
into a body: see corporate, v.] 1. An artificial 
person, created by law, or under authority of 
law, from a group or succession of natural per- 
sons, and having a continuous existence irre- 
spective of that of its members, and powers 
and liabilities different from those of its mem- 
bers. Corporations have sometimes been treated by the 
law as fictions, intangible and Invisible, existing only in 
contemplation of law ; and sometimes rather as associa- 
tions of individuals who may act together In the use of 
powers conferred by law, under responsibilities more lim- 
ited than if acting as individuals. A corporation aggre- 
gate Is a corporation consisting of several memlwrs at the 
same time, as a railroad company or the governing body 
of a college or a hospital. Corporations aggregate are 
formed, in England and her colonies and in the United 
States, only by express permission of law, either by special 
charter or upon complying with the forms and regula- 
tions prescribed by some general statute ; and their rights, 
duties, and manner of organization ami dissolution are 
generally minutely regulated by statute. A corporation 
sole is a corporation which consists of but one person at a 
time, as a king, or a bishop and his successors, regarded 
for some purposes as a single Individual. 
There was no principle in the | Roman 1 Imperial policy 
more stubbornly upheld than the suppression of all cor- 
porations that might be made the nuclei of revolt. 
Leeky, Europ. Morals, I. 438. 
The marks of a legal cnrfxrration . . . are . . . the right 
of perpetual succession, to sue and lie sued by name, to 
purchase lands, to have a common seal, and to make by- 
laws. Stubbs, Const. Hist. (-J.I ed.), { 810. 
2. The body, generally large, of a man or an ani- 
mal. [Colloq. and vulgar. J - Civil corporation, a 
term sometimes used in English law to designate a corpo- 
ration which is neither ecclesiastical nor eleemosynary. 
Close corporation. See dote*. Corporation Act, an 
English statute of 1661 (War. II., St. 2, c. 1), which required 
all officers of municipal corporation-, to take the oaths of al- 
legiance and supremacy, and a special oath against resis- 
tance to the king, and to subscribe a declaration against 
the "Solemn League and Covenant," under penalty of re- 
moval ; it also made ineligible to such offices all persons who 
had not partaken of the sacrament of the Lord s supper, as 
administered by the Church of England, within one year. 
Corporation counsel. See con tutl. Corporation 
court, in several of the United States, a local municipal 
court having sometimes both civil and criminal jurisdic- 
tion. Domestic corporation, a corporation which owes 
Its existence to the law of the state in which its opera- 
tions are carried on, or legal cognizance is taken of it. 
Ecclesiastical corporation, a corporation of which the 
mernheis are spiritual persons, and the object of the insti- 
tution is also spiritual. AViif. Ill the United States cor- 
porations with this object are called rfligious corporations. 
See below. Eleemosynary corporation, a private char- 
ity constituted for the perpetual distribution of the alms 
and bounty of the founder. Kent. Foreign corporation, 
a corporation which owes its existence to the laws of a 
state other than that In which It Is under consideration. 
Joint-stock corporation, a corporation the ownership 
of which is divided into shares, the object usually, if not 
always, being the division of profits among the memliers 
In proportion to the number of shares held by each. Lay 
corporation, a non-ecclesiastical corporation : it may lie 
either civil or eleemosynary. Moneyed corporation, a 
corporation having banking powers, or power to make loans 
on pledges or deposits, or authorized by law to make Insur- 
ances. Municipal corporation, a corporation formed 
from the members of a town or other community for pur- 
poses of local government; an Incorjwrated city or other 
similar division of the state; apubliccorporation. Muni- 
cipal Corporations Act. an English statute of 136 (5 and 
6 Win. I\ ., c. 76) dissolving many of the ancient muni- 
cipalities, and prescribing a system of organization ami 
government of municipal corporations under the title of 
mayor, aldermen, and burgesses. Private corporation, 
any corporation not public. Public corporation, a cor- 
poration created for political purposes, as counties, cities, 
towns, mid villages. K'nt. Quasi corporation, an or- 
ganization established by law without the franchises of a 
corporation generally, hut having capacity to sue and be 
sued as an artificial person. In some of the United States 
towns and counties are only quasi corporations. Reli- 
gious corporation, In Aniencan late, a private corpora- 
tion formed by or pursuant to law, to hold and administer 
the temporalities of a church. 
Corporation-Stop (kor-po-ra'shon-stop), M. A 
stop in a gas- or water-main for the use of the 
gas- or water-company only. [U. S.] 
