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cem·etery (sem′ə ter′ē)

noun pl. cemeteries -·ter′·ies

a place for the burial of the dead; graveyard

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

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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