charnel housen.

Forms: see charnel n.¹ and house n.¹

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: charnel n.¹, house n.¹

Etymology: < charnel n.¹ + house n.¹Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: ˈcharnel house.

A house for dead bodies; a house or vault in which the bones of the dead are piled up.

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the world > life > death > disposal of corpse > burial > grave or burial-place > burial-chamber > [noun] > repository or ossuary

bone houseOE

charnel1430

carnarya1552

charnel house1556

ossuary1600

golgotha1604

repository?1639

conditory1706

ossuarium1765

reposit1792

skullery1818

1556 in J. G. Nichols Chron. Grey Friars (1852) 57 This yere [1548] was put downe the chappell with the charnell howse in Powlles church yerde..and a iiij. or v. C. lode of bones carred in to the feldes and burryd there.

1578 T. Nicholas tr. F. Lopez de Gómara Pleasant Hist. Conquest W. India 206 The Charnell house, or place of dead mens sculles for remembrance of death.

1649 Bp. J. Taylor Great Exemplar iii. xv. 88 Golgotha, the charnell house of the city.

a1701 H. Maundrell Journey Aleppo to Jerusalem (1703) 100 A Charnel House. The Corpses are let down into it from the top.

a1774 A. Tucker Light of Nature Pursued (1777) III. iv. 417 The sight of a human skull and bones in a charnel house.

1859 J. M. Jephson & L. Reeve Narr. Walking Tour Brittany iv. 40 These charnel-houses or ossuary chapels are general.

attributive.1839 C. Dickens Nicholas Nickleby xxiii. 223 Said Mrs. Crummles, in the same charnel-house voice.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1889; most recently modified version published online December 2020).

单词	charnel house
释义	charnel housen. Forms: see charnel n.¹ and house n.¹ Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: charnel n.¹, house n.¹ Etymology: < charnel n.¹ + house n.¹Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: ˈcharnel house. A house for dead bodies; a house or vault in which the bones of the dead are piled up. ΘΚΠ the world > life > death > disposal of corpse > burial > grave or burial-place > burial-chamber > [noun] > repository or ossuary bone houseOE charnel1430 carnarya1552 charnel house1556 ossuary1600 golgotha1604 repository?1639 conditory1706 ossuarium1765 reposit1792 skullery1818 1556 in J. G. Nichols Chron. Grey Friars (1852) 57 This yere [1548] was put downe the chappell with the charnell howse in Powlles church yerde..and a iiij. or v. C. lode of bones carred in to the feldes and burryd there. 1578 T. Nicholas tr. F. Lopez de Gómara Pleasant Hist. Conquest W. India 206 The Charnell house, or place of dead mens sculles for remembrance of death. 1649 Bp. J. Taylor Great Exemplar iii. xv. 88 Golgotha, the charnell house of the city. a1701 H. Maundrell Journey Aleppo to Jerusalem (1703) 100 A Charnel House. The Corpses are let down into it from the top. a1774 A. Tucker Light of Nature Pursued (1777) III. iv. 417 The sight of a human skull and bones in a charnel house. 1859 J. M. Jephson & L. Reeve Narr. Walking Tour Brittany iv. 40 These charnel-houses or ossuary chapels are general. attributive.1839 C. Dickens Nicholas Nickleby xxiii. 223 Said Mrs. Crummles, in the same charnel-house voice. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1889; most recently modified version published online December 2020). < n.1556
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