About The Word Charnel
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Charnel
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What's The Definition Of Charnel?
[n] a vault or building where corpses or bones are deposited
[adj] gruesomely indicative of death or the dead; "a charnel smell came from the chest filled with dead men's bones"; "ghastly shrieks"; "the sepulchral darkness of the catacombs" Synonyms | Synonyms for Charnel: charnel house | ghastly | offensive | sepulchral Related Terms | Find terms related to Charnel: See Also | burial vault | vault Charnel In Webster's Dictionary \Char"nel\, a. [F. charnel carnal, fleshly, fr. L.
carnalis. See {Carnal}.]
Containing the bodies of the dead. ``Charnel vaults.''
--Milton.
{Charnel house}, a tomb, vault, cemetery, or other place
where the bones of the dead are deposited; originally, a
place for the bones thrown up when digging new graves in
old burial grounds.
\Char"nel\, n. A charnel house; a grave; a cemetery. In their proud charnel of Thermopyl[ae]. --Byron. |
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