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The definition of a cemetery is a place where people are buried.

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An example of a cemetery is a grassy area with headstones.

See cemetery in Webster's New World College Dictionary

a place for the burial of the dead; graveyard

Origin: LL(Ec) coemeterium < Gr koimētērion, sleeping place (in LGr(Ec), cemetery) < koiman, to put to sleep; akin to keimai, to lie down: see home

See cemetery in American Heritage Dictionary 4

noun pl. cem·e·ter·ies

A place for burying the dead; a graveyard.

Origin:

Origin: Middle English cimiterie

Origin: , from Old French cimitiere

Origin: , from Medieval Latin cimitērium

Origin: , from Late Latin coemētērium

Origin: , from Greek koimētērion

Origin: , from koimān, to put to sleep; see kei-¹ in Indo-European roots

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