Choical

Quick meaning: Choical is an adjective meaning (uncommon, chiefly Gnosticism) Synonym of physical, material, or base.

Meaning

(uncommon, chiefly Gnosticism) Synonym of physical, material, or base.

Example Sentences

There was in man... a visible body... believed to be composed, according to many of the Gnostics, of a subtle element... which they named the hylic body, and a sheath of gross earthly matter which they called the choical body.

So it is manifeſt that the Heretical Valentinians underſtood their Maſter Plato, when they made their Choical Men to periſh immediately upon this Diſſolution from the Body. Theſe Choical Men were ſuppoſed deſtitute even of the Pnoe. They are the ſame with thoſe which were call'd Hylical.

Synonyms for choical

Depending on context, synonyms include material.

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