Emily Dickinson Lexicon

body (bodies), n. [OE.] (webplay: alone, common, corporeal, dwells, forces, Godhead, living, man, material, real, set, soul, spirit, wings).

1. Part; entity; segment; manifestation of existence; distinct but complementary component of life.
2. Self; person.
3. Human form; mortal being, created in the image of God.
4. Being; entity.
5. Flesh; [fig.] vitality; life force.
6. Material frame; physical structure; external component of flesh and blood.
7. Resurrected being; glorified and perfected physical identity; (see 1 Corinthians 15:35).
8. Fleshly tabernacle; corporeal identity; mortal part of individual existence; physical aspect of a human being; (see 1 Corinthians 15:35).