Plural of corporeal; physical or material things, or beings with bodies; in theology, things that exist in physical form.
From corporeal + -s (plural marker). Used in theological writing to refer to material objects or beings as a group.
In medieval theology, corporeals were distinguished from incorporeals—physical objects like bread and wine versus abstract concepts or spiritual entities.
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