"carnary" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Forms: carnaries [plural]
Etymology: From Latin carnarium, from caro, carnis (“flesh”). Etymology templates: {{uder|en|la|carnarium}} Latin carnarium Head templates: {{en-noun}} carnary (plural carnaries)
  1. A crypt, a charnel house.

Inflected forms

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