CORPORAL  . 1 . (From See also:

• LAT

Lat. corporalis, belonging to the corpus or See also:

• BODY

body), an See also:

• ADJECTIVE (from the Lat. adjectives, added)

adjective appearing in several expressions, such as " corporal See also:

• PUNISHMENT (from Lat. punire, to punish, from poena, punishment, Gr. 7rocvil)

punishment " (see below), or in " corporal See also:

• WORKS

works of See also:

• MERCY (adapted from Fr. merci, Lat. merces, reward)
• MERCY (or MERCI), FRANZ, FREIHERR VON

mercy," for those acts confined to the succouring of the bodily needs, such as feeding the hungry, visiting the sick, rescuing captives . A " corporal See also:

• OATH (0. Eng. ddh)

oath " was sworn with the body in contact with a sacred See also:

• OBJECT

object (see OATH) . 2 . (From Lat. corporalis, sc. See also:

• PALLA, PALA

palla, or corporale, sc. See also:

• GALLIUM (symbol Ga; atomic weight 69.9)

gallium), in the See also:

• ROMAN

Roman See also:

• CATHOLIC (Gr. KcaBoXuK6s, general, universal)

Catholic See also:

• CHURCH
• CHURCH (according to most authorities derived from the Gr. Kvpcaxov [&wµa], " the Lord's [house]," and common to many Teutonic, Slavonic and other languages under various forms—Scottish kirk, Ger. Kirche, Swed. kirka, Dan. kirke, Russ. tserkov, Buig. cerk
• CHURCH, FREDERICK EDWIN (1826-1900)
• CHURCH, GEORGE EARL (1835–1910)
• CHURCH, RICHARD WILLIAM (1815–189o)
• CHURCH, SIR RICHARD (1784–1873)

Church, a small square See also:

• LINEN

linen See also:

• CLOTH

cloth, which at the service of the See also:

• MASS (O.E. maesse; Fr. messe; Ger. Messe; Ital. messa; from eccl. Lat. missa)
• MASS, IN

Mass is placed on the See also:

• ALTAR (Lat. altare, from alias, high; some ancient etymological guesses are recorded by St Isidore of Seville in Etymologiae xv. 4)

altar under the See also:

• CHALICE (through a central O. Fr. form of the Lat. calix, calicis, cup)

chalice and See also:

• PATEN (through the Fr. from Lat. patina or paten, Gr. aaravq, a flat dish)

paten . It was originally large enough to See also:

• COVER (from the Fr. convert, from couvrir, to cover, Lat. cooperire)

cover the whole See also:

• SURFACE

surface of the altar, and was folded over so as to cover the chalice—a See also:

• CUSTOM (from O. Fr. costume, costume or coustume; Low Lat. costuma, a shortened form of consuetudo)

custom still observed by the See also:

• CARTHUSIANS

Carthusians . The chalice is now, however, covered by another small square of linen, stiffened withcardboard, &c., known as the See also:

• PALL

pall (palla) . When not in use both corporal and pall are carried in a square silken See also:

• POCKET

pocket called the burse . The corporal must be blessed by the See also:

• BISHOP (A.S. bisceop, from Lat. episcopus, Gr. irio-Korros, " overlooker " or " overseer ")
• BISHOP, ISABELLA (1832-1904)
• BISHOP, SIR HENRY ROWLEY (1786-1855)

bishop, or by a See also:

• PRIEST (Ger. Priester, Fr. pretre)

priest with See also:

• SPECIAL

special faculties, the See also:

• RITUAL (from Lat. ritus, a custom, especially a religious rite or custom)

ritual prayers invoking the divine blessing that the linen may be worthy to cover and enwrap the body and See also:

• BLOOD

blood of the See also:

• LORD
• LORD (O. Eng. hldford, i.e. hldfweard, the warder or keeper of bread, hlIf, loaf; the word is not represented in any other Teutonic language)
• LORD, JOHN (1810-1894)

Lord . It represents the winding-See also:

• SHEET

sheet in which See also:

• JOSEPH
• JOSEPH, COMTE DE (1785-1870)
• JOSEPH, FATHER (FRANCOIS LECLERC DU TREMBLAY) (1577-1638)

Joseph of Arimathea wrapped the body of the dead See also:

• CHRIST (Gr. X pLQTOS, Anointed)
• CHRIST, WILHELM VON (1831-1906)

Christ . 3 .

(Of uncertain derivation; the See also:

• FRENCH
• FRENCH, DANIEL CHESTER (1850– )
• FRENCH, NICHOLAS (1604-1678)

French See also:

• FORM (Lat. forma)

form caporal, and Ital. caporale, point to an origin from See also:

• CAPO

capo, See also:

• ITALIAN

Italian for See also:

• HEAD (in 0. Eng. heafad; the word is common to Teutonic languages; cf. Dutch hoofd, Ger. Haupt, generally taken to be in origin connected with Lat. caput, Gr. KerbOvi7)
• HEAD, SIR EDMUND WALKER, BART
• HEAD, SIR FRANCIS BOND, BART

head; the New See also:

• ENGLISH

English See also:

• DICTIONARY

Dictionary, however, favours the derivation from Lat. corpus, Ital. corpo, body), a non-commissioned officer of See also:

• INFANTRY

infantry, See also:

• CAVALRY (Fr. cavalerie, Ger. Kavallerie or Reiterei, derived ultimately from late Lat. caballus, horse)

cavalry and See also:

• ARTILLERY (the O. Fr. artiller, to equip with engines of war, probably comes from Late Lat. articulum, dim. of ars, art, cf. " engine " from ingenium, or of artus, joint)

artillery, ranking below a sergeant . This See also:

• RANK (O.Fr. rant or rent, mod. rang, generally connected with the O.E. and O.H.G. bring, a ring)

rank is almost universal in armies . In the 16th and 17th centuries there were corporals but no sergeants in the cavalry, and this custom is preserved in the three regiments of See also:

• BRITISH

British See also:

• HOUSEHOLD, ROYAL

household cavalry, the rank of sergeant being replaced by that of " corporal of See also:

• HORSE (a word common to Teutonic languages in such forms as hors, hros, ros; cf. the Ger. ross)

horse," and that of sergeant-See also:

• MAJOR
• MAJOR (Lat. for " greater ")
• MAJOR (or MAIR), JOHN (1470-1550)

major by " corporal-major." In the 16th and See also:

• EARLY
• EARLY, JUBAL ANDERSON (1816-1894)

early 17th centuries the See also:

• TITLE (0. Fr. title, mod. titre, from Lat. titulus)

title " corporal of the See also:

• FIELD (a word common to many West German languages, cf. Ger. Feld, Dutch veld, possibly cognate with O.E. f olde, the earth, and ultimately with root of the Gr. irAaror, broad)
• FIELD, CYRUS WEST (1819-1892)
• FIELD, DAVID DUDLEY (18o5-1894)
• FIELD, EUGENE (1850-1895)
• FIELD, FREDERICK (18o1—1885)
• FIELD, HENRY MARTYN (1822-1907)
• FIELD, JOHN (1782—1837)
• FIELD, MARSHALL (183 1906)
• FIELD, NATHAN (1587—1633)
• FIELD, STEPHEN JOHNSON (1816-1899)
• FIELD, WILLIAM VENTRIS FIELD, BARON (1813-1907)

field " was often given to a See also:

• SUPERIOR

superior officer who acted as a See also:

• STAFF (O. Eng. staef, cf. Du. staf, Ger. Stab, &c.; Icel. stafr meant also a written letter, and O. Eng. stafas, the letters of the alphabet; " stave," one of the thin pieces of wood of which a cask is made, is a doublet)

staff-officer to the sergeant-major-See also:

• GENERAL
• GENERAL (Lat. generalis, of or relating to a genus, kind or class)

general . In the See also:

• NAVY

navy the " See also:

• SHIP

ship's corporal," formerly a semi-military instructor to the See also:

• CREW (sometimes explained as a sea term of Scandinavian origin, cf. O. Icel. kris, a swarm or crowd, but now regarded as a shortened form of accrue, accrewe, used in the 16th century in the sense of a reinforcement, O. Fr. acreue, from accrofire, to grow,
• CREW, NATHANIEL CREW, 3RD BARON (1633–1721)

crew, is now a See also:

• PETTY, SIR WILLIAM (1623-1687)

petty officer charged with assisting the See also:

• MASTER (Lat. magister, related to tnagis, more, as the corresponding minister is to minus, less; the English form is due partly to the O. Eng. maegister, and partly to O. Fr. maistre, mod. maitre; cf. Du. meester, Ger. Meister, Ital. maestro)

master-at-arms in See also:

• POLICE (Fr. police, government, civil administration, a police force, Gr. sroXumeia, constitution, condition of a state, roars, city, state)

police duties on See also:

• BOARD (O. Eng. bord)

board ship .