char‧nel house /ˈtʃɑːnl haʊs $ ˈtʃɑːr-/
noun [countable][
Date: 1500-1600;
Language: French;
Origin: charnel, from Medieval Latin carnale, from Late Latin carnalis; ⇒ carnal]
literary a place where the bodies and bones of dead people are stored
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