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cemetery(dictionary)
Arlington National Cemetery(dictionary)
Temple and Cemetery of Confucius and the Kong Family Mansion in Qufu(tourism)

cemetery (iou)



cemetery noun. LME.
[Late Latin coemeterium from Greek koimeterion dormitory, from koiman put to sleep.]
A place used for burials; esp. a usu. large area of public ground belonging to a town, city, etc., and laid out for the interment of the dead. LME.
fig.: Swift It is with libraries as with other c?meteries.
A churchyard. L15-E19.
ceme'terial adjective relating to a cemetery; used for burial: E17.