Charnel Definition
chärnəl
noun
A cemetery.
Webster's New World
A building or place where corpses or bones are deposited.
Webster's New World
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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:
charnelsOrigin of Charnel
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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
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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”).
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