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charnel
(encz) | charnel, n: |
Charnel
(gcide) | Charnel \Char"nel\, a. [F. charnel carnal, fleshly, fr. L.
carnalis. See Carnal.]
Containing the bodies of the dead. "Charnel vaults."
--Milton.
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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
(gcide) | Charnel \Char"nel\, n.
A charnel house; a grave; a cemetery.
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In their proud charnel of Thermopyl[ae]. --Byron.
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charnel
(wn) | charnel
adj 1: gruesomely indicative of death or the dead; "a charnel
smell came from the chest filled with dead men's bones";
"ghastly shrieks"; "the sepulchral darkness of the
catacombs" [syn: charnel, ghastly, sepulchral]
n 1: a vault or building where corpses or bones are deposited
[syn: charnel house, charnel] |
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charnel
(encz) | charnel, n: |
charnel house
(encz) | charnel house,kostnice n: Zdeněk Brožcharnel house,márnice n: Zdeněk Brož |
Charnel house
(gcide) | Charnel \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 deposited; originally, a
place for the bones thrown up when digging new graves in
old burial grounds.
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Uncharnel
(gcide) | Uncharnel \Un*char"nel\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Uncharneled; p.
pr. & vb. n. Uncharneling.] [1st pref. un- + charnel.]
To remove from a charnel house; to raise from the grave; to
exhume. --Byron.
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Uncharneled
(gcide) | Uncharnel \Un*char"nel\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Uncharneled; p.
pr. & vb. n. Uncharneling.] [1st pref. un- + charnel.]
To remove from a charnel house; to raise from the grave; to
exhume. --Byron.
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Uncharneling
(gcide) | Uncharnel \Un*char"nel\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Uncharneled; p.
pr. & vb. n. Uncharneling.] [1st pref. un- + charnel.]
To remove from a charnel house; to raise from the grave; to
exhume. --Byron.
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charnel
(wn) | charnel
adj 1: gruesomely indicative of death or the dead; "a charnel
smell came from the chest filled with dead men's bones";
"ghastly shrieks"; "the sepulchral darkness of the
catacombs" [syn: charnel, ghastly, sepulchral]
n 1: a vault or building where corpses or bones are deposited
[syn: charnel house, charnel] |
charnel house
(wn) | charnel house
n 1: a vault or building where corpses or bones are deposited
[syn: charnel house, charnel] |
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