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cemetery

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Jefferson Barracks National Cemetery

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FromMiddle Englishcimiterie, fromOld Frenchcimitiere, fromMedieval Latincimitērium, fromLate Latincoemētērium, fromAncient Greekκοιμητήριον(koimētḗrion), fromκοιμάω(koimáō,I put to sleep); comparecœmeterium.DisplacedOld Englishlīctūn.

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cemetery (pluralcemeteries)

  1. A place where thedead areburied; agraveyard ormemorial park.
    • 1826, [Mary Shelley], chapter II, inThe Last Man. [], volume II, London:Henry Colburn, [],→OCLC:
      The plain around was interspersed withcemeteries, Turk, Greek, and Armenian, with their growth of cypress trees...
    • 1970, Kazimierz Godłowski, “The chronology of the Late Roman and early migration periods in Central Europe”, inActa scientiarum litterarumque: Schedae archeologicae[1], Nakładem Uniwersytetu Jagiellonśkiego, page22:
      They were probably the work of individual craftsmen working to meet the chieftains' needs. Their place in the chronology of the bigcemeteries is indicated by the less richly-decorated double-springed bronze brooches which are found here.
    • 1991 September,Stephen Fry, chapter 1, inThe Liar, London:Heinemann,→ISBN, section III,page26:
      [] thecemetery – which people of shattering wit like Sampson never tired of calling ‘thedead centre of town’[]

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a place where the dead are buriedseegraveyard

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