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  • noun Body.
  • noun Lich; corpse.
  • noun A building for holding the remains of the dead.

Etymologies

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From Old English bānhūs ("the body, the chest, breast", literally "the bone-house"), equivalent to bone +‎ house.

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From bone +‎ house.

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