Corpus Christi
- noun
- /ˈkɔrpəs ˈkrɪsti/
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Corpus Christi
- During Corpus Christi, the congregation gathers for a special mass focused on the significance of the Eucharist.
- Corpus Christi celebration
- Corpus Christi Day
- Corpus Christi procession
Examples
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The following year, a group of over forty "devils" performed their traditional rites on the day of Corpus Christi.
Academic text (1996) -
The celebration of Corpus Christi in 1990 was organized by the village section called El Carbon.
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One of the gala days of the Catholic Church and of Fayetteville is Corpus Christi Day.
Academic text (1996) -
In the past, individual households would sponsor celebrations during Corpus Christi and Octavo.
Academic text (1994) -
Local historians trace Papantla's celebration of Corpus Christi to the seventeenth century.
Academic text (1996) -
During the sixteenth century, Corpus Christi was considered the paramount festival in Mexico City, not by ecclesiastical but by secular officials.
Academic text (1996) -
Margaret Villanueva analyzes the role that space plays in constructing the meanings of the Festival of Corpus Christi in Papantla, Veracruz, Mexico.
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The town held a large procession to celebrate Corpus Christi every year, attracting many visitors.
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In many cultures, Corpus Christi is marked by festive parades and communal meals.
Synonyms
A holiday that Christians celebrate, like Christmas or Easter
Surface Forms
Morphology
Corpus + Christi
This is a Latin proper name/title (literally 'body of Christ') rather than a compositional English phrase; its use as a film title/proper noun is not predictable from everyday constituent meanings and the Latin constituents are not familiar to a B1 learner. Even if a learner knew 'corpus' as 'body' and recognised 'Christi' as related to Christ, the specific reference (a film/the feast) and the idiomatic cultural sense are not derivable, so it is opaque.
Etymology
Corpus Christi comes from the Latin words Corpus and Christi, which together mean the 'body of Christ' and point to the special bread-and-wine meal of the church. That's why the name now means the Christian feast that celebrates the Eucharist and is often marked by processions.
