(noun) a building or chamber in which bodies or bones are deposited
on medieval graveyards and charnel houses
on medieval graveyards and charnel houses
among the abattoirs and charnel houses from which scientist Victor Frankenstein scavenges body parts
But as a matter of fact there was still the exploding lamp, the mother in her charnel wrappings, the staunch, bereft child.
surely none of them would have constructed a charnel house as murderous as Stalin’s.
the internet's constantly churning charnel house of pointless provocation
Fort Doom was a charnel house.
He confesses, "I collected bones from charnel houses [...]"
I feel like I see this word everywhere. Can't believe I didn't know it before
Only the obtusely self-deluded, confronted with the charnel house of history, could imagine otherwise.
a grave robber, weary, exhausted, reaching down into some charnel mass
the charnel house of Santa Teresa is linked to the corruption and decadence of twentieth century European history and culture.
People had once been buried in charnel houses or tombs where all bones were mixed together; now everyone had "his or her own little box for his or her own little personal decay"
all morbid “advertisements for myself” in the charnel house of Southern consumerism.