Definitions for charnel
ˈtʃɑr nlchar·nel

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:1.0 / 1 vote

1. charnel house, charneladjective

   a vault or building where corpses or bones are deposited

2. charnel, ghastly, sepulchraladjective

   gruesomely indicative of death or the dead

   "a charnel smell came from the chest filled with dead men's bones"; "ghastly shrieks"; "the sepulchral darkness of the catacombs"

WiktionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. charnelnoun

   A chapel attached to a mortuary.

2. charnelnoun

   A repository for dead bodies.

3. charneladjective

   Of or relating to a charnel, deathlike, sepulchral.

4. Etymology: From charnel < carnale < carnalis, or possibly an alteration of charner < carnarium.

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Charneladjective

   Containing flesh, or carcases.

   Etymology: charnel, Fr.

   Such are those thick and gloomy shadows damp
   Oft found in charnel vaults, and sepulchres,
   Ling’ring and sitting by a new-made grave. John Milton.

WikipediaRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. charnel

   A charnel house is a vault or building where human skeletal remains are stored. They are often built near churches for depositing bones that are unearthed while digging graves. The term can also be used more generally as a description of a place filled with death and destruction. The term is borrowed from Middle French charnel, from Late Latin carnāle ("graveyard"), from Latin carnālis ("of the flesh").

ChatGPTRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. charnel

   A charnel is a building, chamber, or other location, historically associated with a chapel or church, where skeletal remains or bodies are stored. It is usually used to store the bones of the dead when the cemetery or burial grounds have run out of space. The term is often used metaphorically to refer to a place filled with death and destruction.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Charneladjective

   containing the bodies of the dead

2. Charnelnoun

   a charnel house; a grave; a cemetery

3. Etymology: [F. charnel carnal, fleshly, fr. L. carnalis. See Carnal.]

Chambers 20th Century DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Charnel

   chär′nel, adj. of, or pertaining to, a charnel or burial-place, as in 'charnel-vault,' &c.: sepulchral, death-like.—n. Char′nel-house, a place where the bones of the dead are deposited. [O. Fr. charnel—Low L. carnāle—L. carnalis, caro, carnis, flesh.]

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Anagrams for charnel »

1. larchen

How to pronounce charnel?

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of charnel in Chaldean Numerology is: 6

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of charnel in Pythagorean Numerology is: 7

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=charnel
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Charnel
3. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=charnel
4. ^ Wikipedia
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charnel
5. ^ ChatGPT
   https://chat.openai.com
6. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/charnel
7. ^ Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
   https://www.gutenberg.org/files/37683/37683-h/37683-h.htm#:~:text=charnel
8. ^ Usage in printed sources
   https://books.google.com/ngrams/graph?content=charnel