charnel-house
21charnel-house — n. place where dead bodies or bones are deposited …
22(St.) Paul's Charnel House — On the north side of St. Paul s Churchyard, a large charnel house for the bones of the dead and over it a chapel (S. 331). Founded about 1282 out of rents of shops built without the wall of the churchyard. Pulled down 1549 and bones removed …
23Charnel Music — is an independent record label devoted to putting out strange and improvisational music. The label was formed in 1988 by Mason Jones as Charnel House [1] and had initially released works by his band Trance. The label s name later changed to… …
24charnel — late 14c., from O.Fr. charnel (12c.) fleshly, from L.L. carnale graveyard, properly neut. of adjective carnalis (see CARNAL (Cf. carnal)). Glossed in O.E. as flæschus flesh house. Charnel house is attested from 1550s …
25Charnel — Char nel, a. [F. charnel carnal, fleshly, fr. L. carnalis. See {Carnal}.] Containing the bodies of the dead. Charnel vaults. Milton. [1913 Webster] {Charnel house}, a tomb, vault, cemetery, or other place where the bones of the dead are… …
26Charnel — Char nel, n. A charnel house; a grave; a cemetery. [1913 Webster] In their proud charnel of Thermopyl[ae]. Byron. [1913 Webster] …
27charnel — [chär′nəl] n. [OFr < LL carnale, graveyard; neut. of LL(Ec) carnalis, CARNAL] 1. Obs. a cemetery 2. a building or place where corpses or bones are deposited: in full charnel house adj. of, like, or fit for a charnel …
28charnel — char•nel [[t]ˈtʃɑr nl[/t]] n. 1) charnel house 2) of, like, or fit for a charnel house • Etymology: 1350–1400; < MF < LL neut. of carnālis carnal …
29charnel — noun Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo French carnel, charnel, probably alteration of charner, from Medieval Latin carnarium, from Latin carn , caro flesh more at carnal Date: 14th century a building or chamber in which bodies or bones are… …
30charnel — I noun a vault or building where corpses or bones are deposited (Freq. 1) • Syn: ↑charnel house • Hypernyms: ↑vault, ↑burial vault II adjective gruesomely indicative of death or the dea …
