A variant or older form of 'charnel,' relating to burial or remains of the dead.
Medieval variant of charnel, from Old French 'charnel' meaning relating to flesh/corpses, from Latin 'carnalis' (of flesh).
Medieval scribes spelled this word inconsistently—you'd find 'charmel,' 'charnel,' and 'charnell' all in the same monastery because spelling wasn't standardized until printing arrived!
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