Charnel Definition

chärnəl
noun
A cemetery.
Webster's New World
A building or place where corpses or bones are deposited.
Webster's New World

A chapel attached to a mortuary.

Wiktionary
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adjective
Resembling, suggesting, or suitable for receiving the dead.
American Heritage
Of, like, or fit for a charnel.
Webster's New World
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Other Word Forms of Charnel

Noun

Singular:
charnel
Plural:
charnels

Origin of Charnel

  • Middle English from Old French from Late Latin carnāle from neuter of Latin carnālis of the flesh from carō carn- flesh sker-1 in Indo-European roots

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • From Middle French charnel, from Late Latin carnāle (“graveyard”), from Latin carnālis, or possibly an alteration of Anglo-Norman charner, from Medieval Latin carnārium (“charnel”).

    From Wiktionary

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