Corpus Christi

English

Etymology

From Latin , meaning “body of Christ”.

Proper noun

Corpus Christi

(Christianity) A feast day in honor of the Eucharist, observed by Roman Catholics and high-church Anglicans on the Thursday after Trinity Sunday.
A coastal city, the county seat of Nueces County, Texas.
(Cambridge University, informal) Ellipsis of Corpus Christi College, Cambridge..
(Oxford University, informal) Ellipsis of Corpus Christi College, Oxford..

Translations

festival in honour of the Eucharist

Finnish: Pyhän ruumiin juhla
French: Fête-Dieu (fr) f
Galician: Corpo de Cristo m
German: Fronleichnam (de) m
Irish: Déardaoin Chorp Chríost m
Italian: Corpus Domini m
Polish: Boże Ciało (pl) n
Portuguese: Corpus Christi (pt) m
Ukrainian: Боже тило n (Bože tylo)
Vilamovian: Halikier Łajchnaomstaog m

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