English Explanatory Dictionary

Corpus Christi

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. A feast day in honor of the Eucharist, observed by Roman Catholics and high-church Anglicans on the Thursday after Trinity Sunday.
  2. A coastal city, the county seat of Nueces County, Texas.
  3. Ellipsis of Corpus Christi College, Cambridge.
  4. Ellipsis of Corpus Christi College, Oxford.

Pronunciation

/ˈkɔːpəs ˈkɹɪstaɪ/ /-tɪ/ /ˈkɔɹːpəs ˈkɹɪstaɪ/

Word forms

Corpus Christi

Etymology

From Latin, meaning “body of Christ”.

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