charnel

Meanings

Noun

A chapel attached to a mortuary.
A repository for dead bodies.

Adjective

Of or relating to a charnel, deathlike, sepulchral.

Origin

Borrowed from Middle French charnel, from Late Latin carnāle ("graveyard"), from Latin carnālis, or possibly an alteration of Anglo-Norman charner, from Medieval Latin carnārium ("charnel").

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