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CORPUS CHRISTI
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Corpus Christi mean?
• CORPUS CHRISTI (noun)
The noun CORPUS CHRISTI has 2 senses:
1. Thursday after Trinity Sunday; first celebrated in 1246
2. a city in southern Texas on an arm of the Gulf of Mexico
Familiarity information: CORPUS CHRISTI used as a noun is rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Thursday after Trinity Sunday; first celebrated in 1246
Classified under:
Nouns denoting time and temporal relations
Hypernyms ("Corpus Christi" is a kind of...):
Christian holy day (a religious holiday for Christians)
Sense 2
Meaning:
A city in southern Texas on an arm of the Gulf of Mexico
Classified under:
Nouns denoting spatial position
Instance hypernyms:
city; metropolis; urban center (a large and densely populated urban area; may include several independent administrative districts)
Holonyms ("Corpus Christi" is a part of...):
Lone-Star State; Tex.; Texas; TX (the second largest state; located in southwestern United States on the Gulf of Mexico)
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