corpus christi

1. 1.

   Thursday after Trinity Sunday; first celebrated in 1246

   BroaderChristian holy day
2. 2.

   a city in southern Texas on an arm of the Gulf of Mexico

   Broadercity

   Part ofTexas

Questions about corpus christi

What does corpus christi mean?

corpus christi means "Thursday after Trinity Sunday; first celebrated in 1246". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

Is corpus christi a common word?

corpus christi is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.