What does charnel mean?
Charnel means A chapel attached to a mortuary..
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[tʃɑːɹnəl] · noun
A chapel attached to a mortuary..
When Lazarus left his charnel-cave, And home to Mary’s house return’d, Was this demanded—if he yearn’d To hear her weeping by his grave?
He murmured to himself with dull despair, Here Faith died, poisoned by this charnel air.
The knight did as he was desired, and broke his spear twice on the very charnel of his helmet. It being now Sir William Cecil's turn, each knight charged his spear directly towards the other's head, and galloping on, both lances[…]
1 Are these the charnels, or pinnacles of helmets? See Meyrick, […]
[page 78:] […] knight being struck on the charnel, a device for attaching the helm to the breastplate […] [page 497:] Most of the knights at this passage of arms were wearing sallets with bevors or armets with wrappers. Here we have a rare exception, since reference to the charnel indicates that Joan de Camós is wearing a helm. Given the effect of this particular spear stroke, it can be inferred that he was struck high on the charnel, near the neck, which would have made him choke or gag.
Use charnel when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Charnel means A chapel attached to a mortuary..
Common synonyms include sepulchral, ghastly, offensive, charnel house.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
When Lazarus left his charnel-cave, And home to Mary’s house return’d, Was this demanded—if he yearn’d To hear her weeping by his grave?
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