Ĭn′cor-pō′re-al, a.

adjective

(89), a. [Prefix in, not, and corporeal: Lat. incorporeus, It. & Sp. incorporeo. Cf. INCORPORAL.] 1. Not corporeal; not consisting of matter; not having a material body; immaterial.

Thus incorporeal spirits to smaller forms Reduced their shapes immense. Milton.

Sense 2. (Law.) Existing only in contemplation of law; not capable of actual visible seizin or possession; not being an object of sense; intangible.

Incorporeal hereditament, a right issuing out of a thing corporeal (whether real or personal), or concerning or annexed to or exercisable within the law. See HEREDITAMENT. Blackstone.

Synonyms—Immaterial; unsubstantial; bodiless; spiritual.