also: ぎょたい
noun
Honorific term for someone's body, used in respectful or formal contexts. Archaic in modern Japanese; replaced by お体 (おからだ) in everyday honorific speech.
古典文学では、貴人の体を「御体」と記すことがある。
In classical literature, the body of a noble person is sometimes written as 御体.
Compound of honorific prefix 御 (ご/ぎょ) and 体 (body). The reading ぎょたい is older and now archaic.