Think of the word as carrying a body inside it. Latin corpus means body, and corporeal is built straight off it. So the word always stands on one side of a line, with something else on the other: body against soul, matter against spirit, the thing you can touch against the thing you can only think about. When you meet corporeal, the useful question is not what it means on its own but what it is being set against in that sentence. The answer is nearly always mind, soul or spirit.
From the word’s history
From Middle English corporealle, from Latin corporeus plus -al, from corpus meaning body. Compare the near-twin corporal.
來自中古英文 corporealle,對應拉丁文 corporeus 加 -al,而 corpus 的意思就是身體。它還有一個長得很像的親戚 corporal。
Wiktionary entry for corporeal (packet evidence): From Middle English corporealle, equivalent to Latin corporeus + -al, from corpus (body); compare corporal.