corpus
noun
[ ˈkɔːpəs ]
• a collection of written texts, especially the entire works of a particular author or a body of writing on a particular subject.
• "the Darwinian corpus"
• the main body or mass of a structure.
Origin:
late Middle English (denoting a human or animal body): from Latin, literally ‘body’. corpus (sense 1) dates from the early 18th century.
