charnel
Americannoun
adjective
noun
adjective
Etymology
Origin of charnel
First recorded in 1350–1400; Middle English, from Middle French, from Late Latin carnāle, noun and adjective use of neuter of carnālis carnal
Vocabulary lists containing charnel
"The Pit and the Pendulum," Vocabulary from the short story
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"The Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet," Vocabulary from Act 4
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Body Language: Carn ("Flesh")
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Example Sentences
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Scaled up to a necropolis, it could make the right impression, a modernist Hooverville of death in the shadow of our great national charnel house of inaction.
From Washington Post ● May 25, 2022
Television is a veritable charnel house containing the bones of characters who died unnecessary or stupid deaths.
From Salon ● Dec. 15, 2021
Above their heads: a charnel house of endangered trees.
From Scientific American ● Dec. 15, 2021
I followed her out of the charnel house into a cold, heavy rain, spitting bile onto the pavement.
From New York Times ● Dec. 17, 2020
Cuthbert, Archbishop of Canterbury, first sanctioned the use of churches, for charnel houses, in 758—though Augustine had previously forbidden the practice.
From Dealings with the Dead, Volume I (of 2) by A Sexton of the Old School
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