corpus
/ˈkɔɹpəs/ noun C2- A collection of written or spoken texts.
- Such a collection in form of an electronic database used for linguistic analyses.
- A structure of a special character or function in the animal body. · the corpus of the uterus
- A collection or body of objects with similar characteristics.
Plural corpora
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But this was not so easy a matter, for the streets were thronged with people, and Rome was already a prey to that low and feverish murmur which precedes all great events; and at Rome there are four great events in every year,—the Carnival, Holy Week, Corpus Christi, and the Feast of St.
“It was at Perugia on Corpus Christi Day, in the garden of the Hôtel des Postes, when chance brought us together; you, Madame de Villefort, and her son; I now remember having had the honor of meeting you.”
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