Definition of body

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Body (n.) A number of individuals spoken of collectively, usually as united by some common tie, or as organized for some purpose; a collective whole or totality; a corporation; as, a legislative body; a clerical body..

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Petition :: Petition (n.) A formal written request addressed to an official person, or to an organized body, having power to grant it; specifically (Law), a supplication to government, in either of its branches, for the granting of a particular grace or right; -- in distinction from a memorial, which calls certain facts to mind; also, the written document..
Courtesy :: Courtesy (n.) An act of civility, respect, or reverence, made by women, consisting of a slight depression or dropping of the body, with bending of the knees..
Ministry :: Ministry (n.) The body of ministers of state; also, the clergy, as a body..
Viscus :: Viscus (n.) One of the organs, as the brain, heart, or stomach, in the great cavities of the body of an animal; -- especially used in the plural, and applied to the organs contained in the abdomen..
Leucophlegmatic :: Leucophlegmatic (a.) Having a dropsical habit of body, with a white bloated skin..
Disunion :: Disunion (n.) The termination of union; separation; disjunction; as, the disunion of the body and the soul..
Ion :: Ion (n.) One of the elements which appear at the respective poles when a body is subjected to electro-chemical decomposition. Cf. Anion, Cation..
Estate :: Estate (n.) The state; the general body politic; the common-wealth; the general interest; state affairs.
Concorporation :: Concorporation (n.) Union of things in one mass or body.
Shallow :: Shallow (n.) A place in a body of water where the water is not deep; a shoal; a flat; a shelf.
Habit :: Habit (n.) The usual condition or state of a person or thing, either natural or acquired, regarded as something had, possessed, and firmly retained; as, a religious habit; his habit is morose; elms have a spreading habit; esp., physical temperament or constitution; as, a full habit of body..
Wound :: Wound (n.) An injury to the person by which the skin is divided, or its continuity broken; a lesion of the body, involving some solution of continuity..
Conatus :: Conatus (n.) A natural tendency inherent in a body to develop itself; an attempt; an effort.
Em :: Em (n.) The portion of a line formerly occupied by the letter m, then a square type, used as a unit by which to measure the amount of printed matter on a page; the square of the body of a type..
College :: College (n.) A collection, body, or society of persons engaged in common pursuits, or having common duties and interests, and sometimes, by charter, peculiar rights and privileges; as, a college of heralds; a college of electors; a college of bishops..
Generality :: Generality (n.) The main body; the bulk; the greatest part; as, the generality of a nation, or of mankind..
Vestry :: Vestry (n.) A body, composed of wardens and vestrymen, chosen annually by a parish to manage its temporal concerns..
Center :: Center (n.) A point equally distant from the extremities of a line, figure, or body, or from all parts of the circumference of a circle; the middle point or place..
Textually :: Textually (adv.) In a textual manner; in the text or body of a work; in accordance with the text.
Harlot :: Harlot (n.) A woman who prostitutes her body for hire; a prostitute; a common woman; a strumpet.
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