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cemetery
[ sem-i-ter-ee ]
noun
- 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
- a place where the dead are buried, esp one not attached to a church
Word History and Origins
Origin of cemetery1
Word History and Origins
Origin of cemetery1
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Example Sentences
A medieval cemetery unearthed near Cardiff Airport is continuing to confound archaeologists, as the mysteries surrounding it are multiplying.
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.
Mrs Anderson has now been told by Gloucester City Council, which owns the cemetery, the body will be moved.
In some instances, the families couldn’t even afford to bury their dead, only rent space in tightly-packed urban cemeteries.
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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