cemetery

  • 11cemetery */ — UK [ˈsemətrɪ] / US [ˈseməˌterɪ] noun [countable] Word forms cemetery : singular cemetery plural cemeteries an area of ground where dead people are buried See: graveyard …

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  • 12cemetery — A place or area set apart, either by governmental authority or private enterprise, for the interment of the dead. 14 Am J2d Cem § 1. The term is used interchangeably with graveyard , burial ground , and place of burial . Anno: 50 ALR2d 907. It… …

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  • 13cemetery — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. graveyard, necropolis, burial ground or mound. See interment. II (Roget s IV) n. Syn. burial ground, graveyard, memorial park, funerary grounds, churchyard, necropolis, potter s field, catacomb, city… …

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  • 14cemetery — [14] Not surprisingly for a word having associations with death, cemetery’s origins are euphemistic. It comes via late Latin coemētērium from Greek koimētérion, which originally meant ‘dormitory’ (it was a derivative of the verb koiman ‘put to… …

    The Hutchinson dictionary of word origins

  • 15cemetery — [[t]se̱mətri, AM teri[/t]] cemeteries N COUNT A cemetery is a place where dead people s bodies or their ashes are buried. Syn: graveyard …

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  • 16cemetery — noun we gather at the cemetery on Memorial Day Syn: graveyard, churchyard, burial ground, burying ground, necropolis, memorial park/garden; informal boneyard; historical potter s field; archaic God s acre …

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  • 17cemetery —   Ilina, pā ilina, pā kupapa u; papau make (rare).    ♦ Plot in a cemetery, pā ilina …

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  • 18cemetery — [14] Not surprisingly for a word having associations with death, cemetery’s origins are euphemistic. It comes via late Latin coemētērium from Greek koimētérion, which originally meant ‘dormitory’ (it was a derivative of the verb koiman ‘put to… …

    Word origins

  • 19Cemetery Hill — is a key terrain feature in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, the northernmost extent of Cemetery Ridge. It played prominent roles in all three days of the Battle of Gettysburg, July 1 to July 3, 1863. TOC During the battle, Cemetery Hill was a critical… …

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  • 20Cemetery Man — Theatrical release poster Directed by Michele Soavi Produced by …

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