Emily Dickinson Lexicon

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

1. Fleshly tabernacle; corporeal identity; mortal part of individual existence; physical aspect of a human being; (see 1 Corinthians 15:35).
2. Resurrected being; glorified and perfected physical identity; (see 1 Corinthians 15:35).
3. Part; entity; segment; manifestation of existence; distinct but complementary component.
4. Material frame; physical structure; external component of flesh and blood.