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cem·e·ter·y 
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| 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 koimét
rion a sleeping place, equiv. to koimé- (var. s. of koimân to put to sleep) + -térion suffix of locality]
rion a sleeping place, equiv. to koimé- (var. s. of koimân to put to sleep) + -térion suffix of locality] | Dictionary.com Unabridged (v 1.1) Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2006. |
Cemetery
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| cem·e·ter·y
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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."
| Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper |
| cemetery | |
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| a tract of land used for burials |
| WordNet® 3.0, © 2006 by Princeton University. |
cemetery [ˈsemətri, (American) -teri] noun — plural ˈcemeteries
a piece of ground, usually not round a church, where people are buried
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| Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary, © 2000-2006 K Dictionaries Ltd. |
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.| Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc. |
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