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charnel house

vault or building where human skeletal remains are stored
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charnel house

Summary

charnel house ranks in the top 1% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2,694 views/month).[1]

Key Facts

  • charnel house is a type of chapel[2].
  • charnel house is a type of ossuary[3].

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Definition and Type

Recorded subclass of include chapel[2] and ossuary[3].

Why It Matters

charnel house ranks in the top 1% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2,694 views/month).[1] It has Wikipedia articles in 8 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[4] It is known by 3 alternative names across languages and contexts.[5]

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 23d ago · Bouzinac · 2026-08-08 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Subclass of → chapel, ossuary
    Subclass of → —
    Aliases → —
    "/* wbmergeitems-from:0||Q12910619 */"
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