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incorporeal definition

in·cor·po·real (in′kôr pôr′ē əl)

adjective

  1. not consisting of matter; without material body or substance
  2. of spirits or angels
  3. Law without physical existence in itself but belonging as a right to a material thing or property, as a patent, copyright, etc.

Etymology: L incorporeus (see incorporeity) + -al

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Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2005 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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