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corpus

noun as in body of text

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The local churches were celebrating The Feast of Corpus Christi by launching brilliantly exploding rockets into the night.

And Rep. Blake Farenthold made it onto the list of “notable people” from Corpus Christi, Texas.

They hate that Lincoln suspended habeas corpus; they never note that Jefferson Davis did, too.

There was also a memorable encounter while disembarking at Corpus Christi.

Hernandez was well-known in their rough Corpus Christi neighborhood as an unsavory character.

Thomas goes on to contradict Aristotle, in holding quod nullum ens esset nisi corpus.

Our procession was, however, a more solemn one on the day of Corpus Christi when we carried about the blessed Sacrament.

English act of habeas corpus passed; the act suspending it was repealed, probably forever, 1818.

On Corpus Christi's Eve, the usual celebration greatly aggrieved the perth weekly assembly.

One of the most familiar actions is habeas corpus, which is employed to recover a person's liberty from illegal restraint.

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On this page you'll find 20 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to corpus, such as: bulk, collection, compilation, core, entirety, and mass.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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