Obs. [ad. L. corporātūra, f. corporāre to embody: see -URE.]
1. Bodily form and constitution; physique.
1555. Eden, Decades, 318. Thinhabitauntes are men of good corporature.
1607. Topsell, Serpents (1658), 639. The King [bee] … is of a more eminent stature, and goodly corporature.
1671. Blagrave, Astrol. Physick, 78. Those who are under the Sun are of a strong large corporature, and well composed body.
1678–96. Phillips, Corporature, the form or constitution of the body.
2. = CORPORALITY 1; materiality.
1647. H. More, Song of Soul, II. App. vi. That antiquate, secure, And easie dull conceit of corporature.
