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charnel definition

char·nel (c̸här′nəl)

noun

  1. Obsolete a cemetery
  2. a building or place where corpses or bones are deposited
    in full charnel house

Etymology: OFr < LL carnale, graveyard; neut. of LL(Ec) carnalis, carnal

adjective

of, like, or fit for a charnel

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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