corpus christi

/K AO1 R P AH0 S K R IH1 S T IY0/
noun
  1. 1

    A coastal city, the county seat of Nueces County, Texas.

  2. 2

    (Christianity) A feast day in honor of the Eucharist, observed by Roman Catholics and high-church Anglicans on the Thursday after Trinity Sunday.

  3. 3

    (Cambridge University, informal) Ellipsis of Corpus Christi College, Cambridge.

  4. 4

    (Oxford University, informal) Ellipsis of Corpus Christi College, Oxford.