Charnel
Charnel , adjective
[French charnel carnal, fleshly, from Latin carnalis. See Carnal.]
Containing the bodies of the dead.
Charnel vaults.
Collocations (1)
Charnel house , a tomb, vault, cemetery, or other place where the bones of the dead are deposited; originally, a place for the bones thrown up when digging new graves in old burial grounds.
Charnel , noun
A charnel house; a grave; a cemetery.
In their proud charnel of Thermopyla.