'Corpus Christi' definitions:
Definition of 'Corpus Christi'
(from WordNet)
noun
Thursday after Trinity Sunday; first celebrated in 1246
noun
A city in southern Texas on an arm of the Gulf of Mexico
Definition of 'Corpus Christi'
From: GCIDE
- Corpus \Cor"pus\ (-p[u^]s), n.; pl. Corpora (-p[-o]*r[.a]). [L.] A body, living or dead; the corporeal substance of a thing. [1913 Webster]
- Corpus callosum (k[a^]l*l[=o]"s[u^]m); pl. {Corpora callosa} (-s?) [NL., callous body] (Anat.), the great band of commissural fibers uniting the cerebral hemispheres. See Brain.
- Corpus Christi (kr[i^]s"t[imac]) [L., body of Christ] (R. C. Ch.), a festival in honor of the eucharist, observed on the Thursday after Trinity Sunday.
- Corpus Christi cloth. Same as Pyx cloth, under Pyx.
- Corpus delicti (d[-e]*l[i^]k"t[imac]) [L., the body of the crime] (Law), the substantial and fundamental fact of the comission of a crime; the proofs essential to establish a crime.
- Corpus luteum (l[=u]"t[-e]*[u^]m); pl. Corpora lutea (-[.a]). [NL., luteous body] (Anat.), the reddish yellow mass which fills a ruptured Graafian follicle in the mammalian ovary.
- Corpus striatum (str[-i]*[=a]"t[u^]m); pl. {Corpora striata} (-t[.a]). [NL., striate body] (Anat.), a ridge in the wall of each lateral ventricle of the brain. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'Corpus Christi'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- Advent,
- Allhallowmas,
- Allhallows,
- Allhallowtide,
- Annunciation,
- Annunciation Day,
- Ascension Day,
- Ash Wednesday,
- Candlemas,
- Candlemas Day,
- Carnival,
- Christmas,
- Easter,
- Easter Monday,
- Easter Saturday,
- Easter Sunday,
- Eastertide,
- Ember days,
- Epiphany,
- Good Friday,
- Halloween,
- Hallowmas,
- Holy Thursday,
- Holy Week,
- Lady Day,
- Lammas,
- Lammas Day,
- Lammastide,
- Lent,
- Lententide,
- Mardi Gras,
- Martinmas,
- Maundy Thursday,
- Michaelmas,
- Michaelmas Day,
- Michaelmastide,
- Palm Sunday,
- Pancake Day,
- Passion Week,
- Pentecost,
- Quadragesima,
- Quadragesima Sunday,
- Septuagesima,
- Shrove Tuesday,
- Trinity Sunday,
- Twelfth-day,
- Twelfth-tide,
- Whit-Tuesday,
- White Sunday,
- Whitmonday,
- Whitsun,
- Whitsunday,
- Whitsuntide,
- Whitweek
Corpus Christi, TX -- U.S. city in Texas
From: Gazetteer 2000
Name :
Corpus Christi, TX -- U.S. city in Texas
Population (2000) :
277454
Housing Units (2000) :
107831
Land area (2000) :
154.639124 sq. miles (400.513476 sq. km)
Water area (2000) :
305.597535 sq. miles (791.493948 sq. km)
Total area (2000) :
460.236659 sq. miles (1192.007424 sq. km)
FIPS code :
17000
Located within :
Texas (TX), FIPS 48
Location :
27.742857 N, 97.401927 W
ZIP Codes (1990) :
78401 78402 78404 78405 78406 78407
Note :
some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.