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Corpus Christi

/ˈkɔɹːpəs ˈkɹɪstaɪ/

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What does Corpus Christi mean?

proper noun

  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. (informal) Ellipsis of Corpus Christi College, Cambridge.
More meanings (1)

proper noun

  1. (informal) Ellipsis of Corpus Christi College, Oxford.

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/ˈkɔɹːpəs ˈkɹɪstaɪ/

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The library of Corpus Christi at Cambridge, contains some of the earliest and most beautiful of extant English MSS.
Andrew LangThe LibraryProject Gutenberg ebook #2018
The early library room of Corpus Christi was in the Old Court, on the first floor next to the Master’s lodge.
Ernest Albert SavageOld English libraries : $b the making, collection, and use of books during the Middle AgesProject Gutenberg ebook #1615
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Dietrich's description was taken from plants collected by Poselger at Corpus Christi.
John Merle CoulterA Preliminary Revision of the North American Species of Cactus, Anhalonium, and LophophoraProject Gutenberg ebook #1221
At the festival of Corpus Christi, there was a very pretty arrangement.
Henry Walter BatesThe Naturalist on the River AmazonsProject Gutenberg ebook #2440
It seems to be a survival of some very ancient ritual, probably astronomical, in which the two sets of six represent the signs of the Zodiac, and is celebrated during the festivals of Corpus Christi, the Immaculate Conception, and the Carnival.
Edward CarpenterPagan and Christian Creeds: Their Origin and MeaningProject Gutenberg ebook #1561