charnel house

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charnel house (plural charnel houses)

  1. A vault or other building in which the bones of the dead are stored.
    Synonyms: crypt, ossuary
    Hypernym: vault
    Hyponym: mausoleum
    Coordinate terms: deadhouse, morgue, mortuary
    • 2014, “Ghosts of the Charnel House”, performed by Primordial:
      It's words cast long - long shadows
      From the doorway of the Charnel House
      The ghosts of the Charnel House
      They were born to deathless guilt
      The ghosts of the Charnel House
      They were born to shameful night

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