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Carnary
Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature
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is a "skull-house," or charnel; a vault stacked with bones and skulls of skeletons; as at Grantham, Hereford, Rothwell, Ripon, and Christchurch (Hants), and the Franciscan church at Evora, Portugal. A charnel chapel was built near the west end of the cathedrals of Worcester and Winchester, over a crypt devoted to the pious purpose of preserving human remains disinterred when new graves are formed.
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McClintock, John. Strong, James. Entry for 'Carnary'. Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature. https://www.studylight.org/encyclopedias/eng/tce/c/carnary.html. Harper & Brothers. New York. 1870.
McClintock, John. Strong, James. Entry for 'Carnary'. Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature. https://www.studylight.org/encyclopedias/eng/tce/c/carnary.html. Harper & Brothers. New York. 1870.
