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Definition of Charnel

1. Adjective. Gruesomely indicative of death or the dead. "The sepulchral darkness of the catacombs"

2. Noun. A vault or building where corpses or bones are deposited.

Definition of Charnel

1. a. Containing the bodies of the dead.

2. n. A charnel house; a grave; a cemetery.

Definition of Charnel

1. Noun. A chapel attached to a mortuary. ¹

2. Noun. A repository for dead bodies. ¹

3. Adjective. Of or relating to a charnel, deathlike, sepulchral. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Charnel

1. a room where corpses are placed [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Charnel

charmingly charmingness charmless charmlessly charmlessness charmlike charmonia charmonium charmoniums charms

charmstone charmstones charmwork charneco charnecos charnel (current term) charnel house charnel houses charnelhouse charnelhouses

charnels charoite charoites charon phage charophyte charophytes charoset charoseth charosets charpai

Literary usage of Charnel

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine (1819)
"-THESAURUS OP HORROR; OR, THE charnel-HOUSE EXPLORED!! &c.* THIS is » very pretty title, and we think the book is likely to have a run. ..."

2. The Gentleman's Magazine (1855)
"At Stratford-upon-Avon was a charnel- house, which was levelled with the ground ш ... 10 In the cemetery garth at Durham the mouth of the charnel vault may ..."

3. Life of Matthew Hale Carpenter: A View of the Honors and Achievements That by Frank Abial Flower (1883)
"charnel-HOUSE OF CORPORATIONS. Shortly after the publication of the opinion, ... With the other hand I shall open the charnel-house of corporations and bid ..."

4. Incidents of Travel in Yucatan by John Lloyd Stephens (1848)
"... a great charnel-house, along the wall of which was a row of skulls. At the top of a pillar forming the abutment of the wall of the ..."

5. Dr. William Smith's Dictionary of the Bible: Comprising Its Antiquities by William Smith (1888)
"468) in use as a charnel-house, and which the latest ... Besides the charnel-house above mentioned, there arc several large hollows iu the ground in this ..."

6. The Life of William Shakespeare: Including Many Particulars Respecting the by James Orchard Halliwell-Phillipps (1848)
"It is now pulled down, but Captain Saunders has fortunately preserved a very careful drawing of its interior, the most curious record of this charnel-house ..."

7. Military and Religious Life in the Middle Ages and the Period of the Renaissance by P. L. Jacob (1874)
"charnel-houses in the Churches.—Public Cemeteries.— The Cemetery of the Innocents, Paris.—Lanterns for the Dead.—Funerals of the Kings and Queens of France. ..."

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