Definitions of corpus

1. capital as contrasted with the income derived from it

2. a collection of writings; " he edited the Hemingway corpus"

3. A body, living or dead; the corporeal substance of a thing.

4. A body; a word of extensive use in anatomy, as corpus callosum, corpus cavernosum, & c. Corpus Christi, a festival in honour of the eucharist or body of Christ.

5. Matter of whatever kind.

6. Corpora. Any fairly homogeneous structure which forms part of an organ.