cor ‧ pus /ˈkɔːpəs $ ˈkɔːr-/ BrE AmE noun ( plural corpuses or corpora /-pərə/) [countable]
[ Date: 1700-1800 ; Language: Latin ; Origin: 'body' ]
1 . formal a collection of all the writing of a particular kind or by a particular person:
the entire corpus of Shakespeare’s works
2 . technical a large collection of written or spoken language, that is used for studying the language:
a corpus of spoken English
⇨ ↑ habeas corpus