incorporeal Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. adjective without material form or substance
    immaterial.
    • an incorporeal spirit

WordNet

In`cor*po"re*al adjective
Etymology
Pref. in- not + corporeal: cf. L. incorporeus. Cf. Incorporal.
Definitions
  1. Not corporeal; not having a material body or form; not consisting of matter; immaterial.
    Thus incorporeal spirits to smaller forms Reduced their shapes immense. Milton.
    Sense and perception must necessarily proceed from some incorporeal substance within us. Bentley.
  2. (Law) Existing only in contemplation of law; not capable of actual visible seizin or possession; not being an object of sense; intangible; -- opposed to corporeal. Syn. -- Immaterial; unsubstantial; bodiless; spiritual.

Webster 1913