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Corps

Corps (corps)
n. sing. *** pl.(k1913 webster dictionaryr, pl. k1913 webster dictionaryrz)
Corps
n. sing. *** pl. [F., fr. L. corpus body. See Corpse.]
  1. The human body, whether living or dead.
    [Obs.] See Corpse, 1.

    By what craft in my corps, it cometh [commences] and where.
    Piers Plowman.

  2. A body of men] esp., an organized division of the military establishment; as, the marine corps; the corps of topographical engineers; specifically, an army corps.

    A corps operating with an army should consist of three divisions of the line, a brigade of artillery, and a regiment of cavalry.
    Gen. Upton (U. S. Tactics. )

  3. A body or code of laws.
    [Obs.]

    The whole corps of the law.
    Bacon.

  4. The land with which a prebend or other ecclesiastical office is endowed.
    [Obs.]

    The prebendaries over and above their reserved rents have a corps.
    Bacon.

    Army corps, or (French) Corps d'armée (k***osl]r` där`m***asl]"), a body containing two or more divisions of a large army, organized as a complete army in itself. -- ||Corps de logis (k***osl]r` de l***osl]`zh") [F., body of the house], the principal mass of a building, considered apart from its wings. -- Corps diplomatique (k(?)r d(?)`pl(?)`m(?)-t(?)k") [F., diplomatic body], the body of ministers or envoys accredited to a government.

Corps

Corps (corps)
n.(?)
Corps
[Ger.]
  1. In some countries of Europe, a form of students' social society binding the members to strict adherence to certain student customs and its code of honor] -- Ger. spelling usually korps.












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