charnel noun1 & adjective.
['tʃɑ:n(ǝ)l] LME.[Old French from medieval Latin carnale use as noun of neut. of carnalis CARNAL.]A. noun. Orig., a cemetery. Now (more fully
charnel-house) a house or vault in which dead bodies or bones are piled.
LME.b. adjective. Sepulchral, deathlike, ghastly.
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