body

BOD'Y, noun 1. The frame of an animal; the material substance of an animal, in distinction from the living principle of beasts, and the soul of man.Be not anxious for your body 2. Matter, as opposed to spirit.3. A person; a human being; sometimes alone; more generally, with some or no; as, somebody; nobody.4. Reality, as opposed to representation.A shadow of things to come, but the body is of Christ. Colossians 2:115. A collective mass; a number of individuals or particulars united; as the body of mankind. Christians united or the Church is called the body of which each Christian is a member, and Christ the head. 1 Corinthians 12:12.27.6. The main army, in distinction from the wings, van or rear. Also, any number of forces under one commander.7. A corporation; a number of men, united by a common tie, by one form of government, or by occupation; as the legislative body; the body of the clergy; body corporate; body politic.8. The main part; the bulk; as the body of a tree; the body of a coach, of a ship, etc.9. Any extended solid substance; matter; any substance or mass distinct from others; as a metaline body; a floating body; a moving body; a light body; a heavy body 10. A pandect; a general collection; a code; a system; as a body of laws; a body of divinity.11. Strength; as wine of a good body 12. Among painters, colors bear a body when they are capable of being ground so fine, and of being mixed so entirely with oil, as to seem only a very thick oil of the same color.13. The unrenewed part of man, or sensual affections.But I keep under by body 1 Corinthians 9:27.14. The extent; the limits.Cause to come here on such a day, twelve free and lawful men--from the body of your county.BOD'Y, verb transitive To produce in some form.Imagination bodies forth the forms of things