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Word of the Day – Charnel

By June 4, 2019Word of the Day

Charnel (noun)

char-nel

A building or vault in which corpses or bones are piled.

Late Middle English: from Old French, from medieval Latin carnale, neuter (used as a noun) of carnalis ‘relating to flesh’ (see carnal).

Example sentences

“Europe in the immediate post-war period had become a charnel house.”

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