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char·nel house
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Princeton's WordNet
charnel house, charnelnoun
a vault or building where corpses or bones are deposited
Wiktionary
charnel housenoun
a vault or other building in which the bones of the dead are stored
Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
Charnel-housenoun
The place under churches where the bones of the dead are reposited.
Etymology: charnier, Fr. from caro, carnis, Latin.
If charnel-houses and our graves must send
Those, that we bury, back; our monuments
Shall be the maws of kites. William Shakespeare, Macbeth.When they were in those charnel-houses, every one was placed in order, and a black pillar or coffin set by him. Taylor.
Wikipedia
Charnel house
A charnel house is a vault or building where human skeletal remains are stored. They are often built near churches for depositing bones that are unearthed while digging graves. The term can also be used more generally as a description of a place filled with death and destruction. The term is borrowed from Middle French charnel, from Late Latin carnāle ("graveyard"), from Latin carnālis ("of the flesh").
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charnel house
A charnel house is a building or vault in which bodies, bones, or corpses of the deceased are stored; often used when burial space is scarce. It is traditionally associated with churches or graveyards and dates back to a time when methods of interment were less organized.
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Charnel house
A charnel house is a vault or building where human skeletal remains are stored. They are often built near churches for depositing bones that are unearthed while digging graves. The term can also be used more generally as a description of a place filled with death and destruction.
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Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of charnel house in Chaldean Numerology is: 5
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of charnel house in Pythagorean Numerology is: 3
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