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charnel house

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charnel house

In architecture, a place for the storage of bones thrown up in digging. It is sometimes a separate building, but often a part of the crypt of a church.



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And yet, believing this with absolute conviction, they somehow lacked the nerve to rush the frail wraith of a man with the white skin and escape from the charnel house by the whale-boats.
Adventure by London, Jack View in context
For the odors of these ghastly charnel houses there may be words in Lithuanian, but there are none in English.
The Jungle by Sinclair, Upton View in context
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