CORPSE


Meaning of CORPSE in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ kɔ:ps ]

n. a dead (usu. human) body. øcorpse-candle 1 a lambent flame seen in a churchyard or over a grave, regarded as an omen of death. 2 a lighted candle placed beside a corpse before burial. [ME corps, var. spelling of cors (CORSE), f. OF cors f. L corpus body]

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