Corpus Christi

English

Etymology

From Latin, meaning “body of Christ”.

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Corpus Christi

  1. (Christianity) 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. (Cambridge University, informal) Ellipsis of Corpus Christi College, Cambridge.
  4. (Oxford University, informal) Ellipsis of Corpus Christi College, Oxford.
English terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *krep- (0 c, 13 e)

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References

  1. ^ “Corpus Christi, n.”, in OED Online ⁠, Oxford: Oxford University Press, December 2024.
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