Corpus Christi

English

Etymology

From Latin , meaning “body of Christ”.

Proper noun

Corpus Christi

(Christianity) A feast day in honor of the Eucharist, observed by Roman Catholics and high-church Anglicans on the Thursday after Trinity Sunday.
A coastal city in Texas, and the county seat of Nueces County.

Translations

festival in honour of the Eucharist

Finnish: Pyhän ruumiin juhla
French: Fête-Dieu (fr) f
Galician: Corpo de Cristo m
German: Fronleichnam (de) m
Irish: Déardaoin Chorp Chríost m

Italian: Corpus Domini m
Polish: Boże Ciało (pl) n
Portuguese: Corpus Christi (pt) m
Vilamovian: Halikier Łajchnaomstaog m

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