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Charnel
Open directlyWebster's 1828 Dictionary · 1828 1 of 2
Part of speech: noun (n.)
A charnel house; a grave; a cemetery. In their proud charnel of Thermopylæ. Byron.
Webster's 1828 Dictionary · 1828 2 of 2
Part of speech: adjective (a.)
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.