The whole corps of the law.
Bacon.
4. (Eccl.) The land with which a prebend or other ecclesiastical office is endowed. [Obs.]
The prebendaries over and above their reserved rents have a corps.
Bacon.
Army corps, or (French) Corps d'armÚe (k&osl;r` dńr`m&asl;"), a body containing two or more divisions of a large army, organized as a complete army in itself. -- ||Corps de logis (k&osl;r` de l&osl;`zh&esl;") [F., body of the house], the principal mass of a building, considered apart from its wings. -- Corps diplomatique (k&?;r d&?;`pl&?;`m&?;-t&?;k") [F., diplomatic body], the body of ministers or envoys accredited to a government.
Corpse (k˘rps), n. [OF. cors (sometimes written corps), F. corps, L. corpus; akin to AS. hrif womb. See Midriff, and cf. Corse, Corselet, Corps, Cuerpo.] 1. A human body in general, whether living or dead; -- sometimes contemptuously. [Obs.]
&fist; Formerly written (after the French form) corps. See Corps, n., 1.