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cemetery

[ sem-i-ter-ee ]

noun

plural cemeteries.
  1. an area set apart for or containing graves, tombs, or funeral urns, especially one that is not a churchyard; burial ground; graveyard.


cemetery

/ ˈɛɪٰɪ /

noun

  1. a place where the dead are buried, esp one not attached to a church
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Word History and Origins

Origin of cemetery1

1375–1425; late Middle English < Late Latin DZŧŧܳ < Greek ǾŧḗrDz a sleeping place, equivalent to Ǿŧ- (variant stem of Ǿâ to put to sleep) + -ŧDz suffix of locality
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Word History and Origins

Origin of cemetery1

C14: from Late Latin DZŧŧܳ, from Greek ǾŧŧDz room for sleeping, from koiman to put to sleep
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A medieval cemetery unearthed near Cardiff Airport is continuing to confound archaeologists, as the mysteries surrounding it are multiplying.

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Saunders imagines a space in which the devastated father and son might still communicate with the multiple spirits of the cemetery’s dead similarly waiting to be reborn.

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Mrs Anderson has now been told by Gloucester City Council, which owns the cemetery, the body will be moved.

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In some instances, the families couldn’t even afford to bury their dead, only rent space in tightly-packed urban cemeteries.

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That is partly because other cemeteries became unsafe during active fighting in Omdurman, the city is crowded with displaced people, and the health system has been overwhelmed by conflict.

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