corpus christi

Corpus Christi
    n 1: Thursday after Trinity Sunday; first celebrated in 1246
    2: a city in southern Texas on an arm of the Gulf of Mexico
    

Corpus \Cor"pus\ (-p[u^]s), n.; pl. {Corpora} (-p[-o]*r[.a]).
   [L.]
   A body, living or dead; the corporeal substance of a thing.
   [1913 Webster]

   {Corpus callosum} (k[a^]l*l[=o]"s[u^]m); pl. {Corpora
      callosa} (-s?) [NL., callous body] (Anat.), the great band
      of commissural fibers uniting the cerebral hemispheres.
      See {Brain}.

   {Corpus Christi} (kr[i^]s"t[imac]) [L., body of Christ] (R.
      C. Ch.), a festival in honor of the eucharist, observed on
      the Thursday after Trinity Sunday.

   {Corpus Christi cloth}. Same as {Pyx cloth}, under {Pyx}.

   {Corpus delicti} (d[-e]*l[i^]k"t[imac]) [L., the body of the
      crime] (Law), the substantial and fundamental fact of the
      comission of a crime; the proofs essential to establish a
      crime.

   {Corpus luteum} (l[=u]"t[-e]*[u^]m); pl. {Corpora lutea}
      (-[.a]). [NL., luteous body] (Anat.), the reddish yellow
      mass which fills a ruptured Graafian follicle in the
      mammalian ovary.

   {Corpus striatum} (str[-i]*[=a]"t[u^]m); pl. {Corpora
      striata} (-t[.a]). [NL., striate body] (Anat.), a ridge in
      the wall of each lateral ventricle of the brain.
      [1913 Webster]
    

Corpus Christi, TX (city, FIPS 17000)
  Location: 27.70573 N, 97.29283 W
  Population (1990): 257453 (100205 housing units)
  Area: 349.6 sq km (land), 781.9 sq km (water)
  Zip code(s): 78401, 78402, 78404, 78405, 78406, 78407, 78408, 78409, 78410, 78411, 78412, 78413, 78414, 78415, 78416, 78417, 78418, 78419, 78473
    

Corpus Christi, TX -- U.S. city in Texas
   Population (2000):    277454
   Housing Units (2000): 107831
   Land area (2000):     154.639124 sq. miles (400.513476 sq. km)
   Water area (2000):    305.597535 sq. miles (791.493948 sq. km)
   Total area (2000):    460.236659 sq. miles (1192.007424 sq. km)
   FIPS code:            17000
   Located within:       Texas (TX), FIPS 48
   Location:             27.742857 N, 97.401927 W
   ZIP Codes (1990):     78401 78402 78404 78405 78406 78407
                         78408 78409 78410 78411 78412 78413
                         78414 78415 78416 78417 78418 78419
                         78473
   Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
   Headwords:
    Corpus Christi, TX
    Corpus Christi
    

54 Moby Thesaurus words for "Corpus Christi":
      Advent, Allhallowmas, Allhallows, Allhallowtide, Annunciation,
      Annunciation Day, Ascension Day, Ash Wednesday, Candlemas,
      Candlemas Day, Carnival, Christmas, Easter, Easter Monday,
      Easter Saturday, Easter Sunday, Eastertide, Ember days, Epiphany,
      Good Friday, Halloween, Hallowmas, Holy Thursday, Holy Week,
      Lady Day, Lammas, Lammas Day, Lammastide, Lent, Lententide,
      Mardi Gras, Martinmas, Maundy Thursday, Michaelmas, Michaelmas Day,
      Michaelmastide, Palm Sunday, Pancake Day, Passion Week, Pentecost,
      Quadragesima, Quadragesima Sunday, Septuagesima, Shrove Tuesday,
      Trinity Sunday, Twelfth-day, Twelfth-tide, Whit-Tuesday,
      White Sunday, Whitmonday, Whitsun, Whitsunday, Whitsuntide,
      Whitweek