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Date: 1500-1600
Language: French
Origin: charnel, from Medieval Latin carnale, from Late Latin carnalis; CARNAL

charnel house

 noun
     
Related topics: Death
char‧nel house [countable]
literaryMX a place where the bodies and bones of dead people are stored
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