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cem·e·ter·y    Audio Help   [sem-i-ter-ee] Pronunciation Key
–noun, plural -ter·ies.
an area set apart for or containing graves, tombs, or funeral urns, esp. one that is not a churchyard; burial ground; graveyard.

[Origin: 1375–1425; late ME < LL coemétérium < Gk koimétrion a sleeping place, equiv. to koimé- (var. s. of koimân to put to sleep) + -térion suffix of locality]
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cem·e·ter·y    Audio Help   (sěm'ĭ-těr'ē)  Pronunciation Key 
n.   pl. cem·e·ter·ies
A place for burying the dead; a graveyard.


[Middle English cimiterie, from Old French cimitiere, from Medieval Latin cimitērium, from Late Latin coemētērium, from Greek koimētērion, from koimān, to put to sleep; see kei-1 in Indo-European roots.]

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cemetery 
1387, from O.Fr. cimetiere "graveyard," from L.L. coemeterium, from Gk. koimeterion "sleeping place, dormitory," from koiman "to put to sleep," keimai "I lie down," from PIE base *kei- "to lie, rest" (cf. Goth haims "village," O.E. ham "home, house, dwelling"). Early Christian writers were the first to use it for "burial ground."

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cemetery

noun
a tract of land used for burials 

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cemetery [ˈsemətri, (American) -teri] nounplural ˈcemeteries
a piece of ground, usually not round a church, where people are buried
Arabic: مَقْبَرَه
Chinese (Simplified): 公墓
Chinese (Traditional): 公墓
Czech: hřbitov
Danish: kirkegård; begravelsesplads
Dutch: begraafplaats
Estonian: kalmistu
Finnish: hautausmaa
French: cimetière
German: der Friedhof
Greek: νεκροταφείο
Hungarian: temető
Icelandic: kirkjugarður, grafreitur
Indonesian: kuburan
Italian: cimitero
Japanese: 共同墓地
Latvian: kapsēta
Lithuanian: kapinės
Norwegian: gravplass, *-lund, kirkegård
Polish: cmentarz
Portuguese (Brazil): cemitério
Portuguese (Portugal): cemitério
Romanian: cimitir
Russian: кладбище
Slovak: cintorín
Slovenian: pokopališče
Spanish: cementerio
Swedish: begravningsplats
Turkish: mezarlık, kabristan
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Cemetery

Cem"e*ter*y\, n.; pl. Cemeteries. [L. cemeterium, Gr. ? a sleeping chamber, burial place, fr. ? to put to sleep.] A place or ground set apart for the burial of the dead; a graveyard; a churchyard; a necropolis.

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