GNU Collaborative International Dictionary of English

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   Charnel , a. [F. charnel carnal, fleshly, fr. L. carnalis. See Carnal.] Containing the bodies of the dead. “Charnel vaults.” 
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   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.
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   Charnel, n. A charnel house; a grave; a cemetery.
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   In their proud charnel of Thermopylæ.
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