cem·e·ter·y

(sĕm′ĭ-tĕr′ē)

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- in Indo-European roots.]

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cemetery

(ˈsɛmɪtrɪ)

n, pl -teries

a place where the dead are buried, esp one not attached to a church

[C14: from Late Latin coemētērium, from Greek koimētērion room for sleeping, from koiman to put to sleep]

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cem•e•ter•y

(ˈsɛm ɪˌtɛr i)

n., pl. -ter•ies.

a burial ground for the dead.

[1375–1425; late Middle English < Late Latin coemētērium < Greek koimētḗrion a sleeping place <koimân to put to sleep]

ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:

Noun

cemetery - a tract of land used for burials

burial ground, burial site, burying ground, graveyard, memorial park, necropolis

potter's field - a cemetery for unknown or indigent people

land site, site - the piece of land on which something is located (or is to be located); "a good site for the school"

cemetery

noun graveyard, churchyard, burial ground, necropolis, God's acre There was a small cemetery just outside the town.

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Translations

مَقْبَرَةمَقْبَرَه

hřbitov

kirkegårdbegravelsesplads

Friedhof

νεκροταφείο κοιμητήρι κοιμητήριο

cementerio

hautausmaahautuumaakalmisto

cimetière

groblje

temető

kirkjugarîur, grafreitur

cimitero camposanto

墓地

묘지

coemeterium

kapinės

kapsēta

begraafplaats kerkhof

kirkegård gravlund gravplass

cmentarz

cemitério

кладбище

pokopališče

kyrkogård

สุสาน

mezarlık kabristan

nghĩa trangnghĩa địa

公墓

cemetery

[ˈsemɪtrɪ] N → cementerio m

Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

cemetery

[ˈsɛmətəri] n → cimetière m

Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005

cemetery

n → Friedhof m

Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007

cemetery

[ˈsɛmɪtrɪ] n → cimitero, camposanto

Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995

cemetery

(ˈsemətri) , ((American) -teri) – plural ˈcemeteries – noun

a piece of ground, usually not round a church, where people are buried.

cemetery

→ مَقْبَرَة hřbitov kirkegård Friedhof νεκροταφείο cementerio hautausmaa cimetière groblje cimitero 墓地 묘지 begraafplaats kirkegård cmentarz cemitério кладбище kyrkogård สุสาน mezarlık nghĩa trang 公墓

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These brief, stammering illuminations brought out with ghastly distinctness the monuments and headstones of the cemetery and seemed to set them dancing.

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As they journeyed, they passed through a cemetery full of monuments.

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The founders of a new colony, whatever Utopia of human virtue and happiness they might originally project, have invariably recognised it among their earliest practical necessities to allot a portion of the virgin soil as a cemetery, and another portion as the site of a prison.

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But on hearing that he had not slept at home I was much alarmed, and hastened to the cemetery, where, unluckily, the tombs were all so alike that I could not discover which was the one I was in search of, though I spent four days in looking for it.

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In spite of their grief, the crowd was so silent that you could hear the sound of the bell during mass and the chanting as far as the end of the High Street; but when the procession started again for the new cemetery, which M.

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