CARNARY

Car"na*ry, n. Etym: [L. carnarium, fr. caro, carnis, flesh.]

Definition: A vault or crypt in connection with a church, used as a repository for human bones disintered from their original burial places; a charnel house.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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28 February 2025

PRESCRIPTIVE

(adjective) pertaining to giving directives or rules; “prescriptive grammar is concerned with norms of or rules for correct usage”


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