Reference > Brewer’s Dictionary > Corpus Christi [body of Christ].

 Corpse Candle.Corpus Delicti (Latin). 
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E. Cobham Brewer 1810–1897. Dictionary of Phrase and Fable. 1898.
 
Corpus Christi [body of Christ].
 
A festival of the Church, kept on the first Thursday after Trinity Sunday, in honour of the eucharist. There are colleges both at Cambridge and Oxford so named.   1
 


 Corpse Candle.Corpus Delicti (Latin). 

 
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