or CHARNEL-HOUSE, a place under or near churches, where the bones of the dead are reposed. Anciently, a kind of portico or gallery, in or near a churchyard, over which the bones of the dead were laid after the flesh had been consumed.
or CHARNEL-HOUSE, a place under or near churches, where the bones of the dead are reposed. Anciently, a kind of portico or gallery, in or near a churchyard, over which the bones of the dead were laid after the flesh had been consumed.