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charnel

UK [tʃɑːnəl]US [tʃɑːɹnəl]

noun 3
adjective 1
forms 3

noun3

•
A repository for dead bodies.
- When Lazarus left his charnel-cave, ⁠And home to Mary’s house return’d, ⁠Was this demanded—if he yearn’d To hear her weeping by his grave? — 1850
A chapel attached to a mortuary.
•
(historical) Part of a helm, now usually identified as the hinge (near the neck) by which the helm was secured to the breastplate.
- 1 Are these the charnels, or pinnacles of helmets? See Meyrick, […] — 1836

adjective1

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Of or relating to a charnel, deathlike, sepulchral.
- He murmured to himself with dull despair, Here Faith died, poisoned by this charnel air. — 1874

forms

charnels · more charnel · most charnel

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