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carnaries

carnaries is the plural of carnary.

Meaning of carnary

Noun

carnary (plural carnaries)

  1. A crypt, a charnel house.
    • The rugged walls, which formed the gateway and part of the ancient monastery, in this supposition, must have been the work of Walkelin; the chapel and carnary are evidently of a later date, by more than a century.1809, John Milner, The History Civil and Ecclesiastical, & Suruey of the Antiquities of Winchester, page 89

Questions about carnaries

What is carnaries the plural of?
Carnaries is the plural of carnary.

Words near carnaries in the dictionary

  1. carnappers
  2. carnapping
  3. carnappings
  4. carnaps
  5. carnaptious
  6. carnaries
  7. carnaroli
  8. Carnarvon
  9. Carnarvonshire
  10. carnary
  11. carnassial

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