charner2 (1160-74)
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charner2 (1160-74)

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[ FEW: 2/i,382b carnarium; Gdf: ∅; GdfC: 9,52b charnier 1; TL:  charnier; DEAF: ∅; DMF:  charnier 1; TLF:  charnier 1; OED:  charnel n.1 and a.1; MED:  charnel n.1; DMLBS: 284b carnarium ]
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1archit.charnel house, mortuary chapel, building for keeping human skeletal remains: 
( 1160-74; MS: s.xiiiin )  Lor amis ont fait enterrer, Cels que il porent morz trover [...] Clerc e proveire del pais Par requeste de lor amis [...] Charniers ont fait, sis ont enz mis  ii 219.8966
( MS: s.xiii/xiv )  creoputrinium .s. charner  i 321, 322
( 1356-57; MS: s.xivex )  Et au dela vers orient a .C. pas est ly charnier del Hospital de Seint Johan ou homme soloit mectre les ossementz des mortz  211
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