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Synonyms for charnel

Grammar : Noun
Spell : chahr-nl
Phonetic Transcription : ˈtʃɑr nl

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Définition of charnel

Origin :
  • late 14c., from Old French charnel (12c.) "fleshly," from Late Latin carnale "graveyard," properly neuter of adjective carnalis (see carnal). As an adjective from 1813. The Late Latin word was glossed in Old English as flæschus "flesh-house." Charnel house is attested from 1550s.
  • As in necropolis : noun cemetery
  • As in boneyard : noun burial ground
  • As in charnel house : noun tomb building
  • As in cemetery : noun burial ground
Example sentences :
  • It was a charnel yard on the hill-side, near to one of the town's six gates.
  • Extract from : « The Scapegoat » by Hall Caine
  • The city will be a charnel house when these bodies start to decompose.
  • Extract from : « The End of Time » by Wallace West
  • The atmosphere of the place was cold and musty and suggestive of a charnel house.
  • Extract from : « The Opal Serpent » by Fergus Hume
  • Thy life has left thee, to live in the heart of a daughter of the charnel and the worm.
  • Extract from : « Zanoni » by Edward Bulwer Lytton
  • Yet that fragrant balm cannot stifle the smell of the charnel house.
  • Extract from : « The Day of Wrath » by Maurus Jkai
  • Some of these had been used as charnel houses, and had been filled with dead bodies.
  • Extract from : « For the Temple » by G. A. Henty
  • Not in vain from the charnel have come to me the records I produce.
  • Extract from : « My Novel, Complete » by Edward Bulwer-Lytton
  • The love is disenhallowed; while the hand was on the rose, the thought was on the charnel.
  • Extract from : « Lucretia, Complete » by Edward Bulwer-Lytton
  • Does not a ghastly air, a charnel breath, hover about us both?
  • Extract from : « Eugene Aram, Complete » by Edward Bulwer-Lytton
  • It is like a blast from a charnel house; but then, what power, what lucidity!
  • Extract from : « Iconoclasts » by James Huneker
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