charnel vs tomb

charnel

noun
  • A repository for dead bodies. 

  • Part of a helm, now usually identified as the hinge (near the neck) by which the helm was secured to the breastplate. 

  • A chapel attached to a mortuary. 

adj
  • Of or relating to a charnel, deathlike, sepulchral. 

tomb

noun
  • A pit in which the dead body of a human being is deposited; a grave. 

  • A small building (or "vault") for the remains of the dead, with walls, a roof, and (if it is to be used for more than one corpse) a door. It may be partly or wholly in the ground (except for its entrance) in a cemetery, or it may be inside a church proper or in its crypt. Single tombs may be permanently sealed; those for families (or other groups) have doors for access whenever needed. 

  • One who keeps secrets. 

verb
  • To bury. 

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