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Charnel

Charnel Meaning & Definition
Charnel Definition And Meaning

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

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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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