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- noun In
Hindu folklore, theghost of a low-chaste woman who died duringchildbirth ormenstruation
Etymologies
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Examples
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A churel is the peculiarly malignant ghost of a woman who has died in child-bed.
Kim 2003
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A churel is the peculiarly malignant ghost of a woman who has died in child-bed.
Kim Rudyard Kipling 1900
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A detailed account of the churel and beliefs in her and the methods of exorcism will be found in the Calcutta Review, No. cliii, p. 180 ff.
Tales of the Punjab 1894
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This last is the real test of a churel, even in her beautiful transformation.
Tales of the Punjab 1894
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This last is the real test of a _churel_, even in her beautiful transformation.
Tales of the Punjab Flora Annie Steel 1888
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A detailed account of the _churel_ and beliefs in her and the methods of exorcism will be found in the _Calcutta Review_, No.cliii. p. 180 ff.
Tales of the Punjab Flora Annie Steel 1888
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