Charnel /(?)/
Char·nel
Charnel
a.
- Containing the bodies of the dead.
Phrases & Compounds
- 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.
Charnel
n.
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A charnel house; a grave; a cemetery.
In their proud charnel of Thermopylæ.