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cemetery

[sem-i-ter-ee]

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noun

plural

cemeteries

an area set apart for or containing graves, tombs, or funeral urns, especially one that is not a churchyard; burial ground; graveyard.

cemetery

/ ˈ��ɛ��ɪ�ٰ�ɪ /

noun

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

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Word History and Origins

Origin of cemetery¹

1375–1425; late Middle English < Late Latin ��Ǳ�ŧ��ŧ��ܳ� < Greek ��Ǿ��ŧ��ḗr��ǲ� a sleeping place, equivalent to ��Ǿ��ŧ- (variant stem of ��Ǿ��â�� to put to sleep) + -��ŧ��ǲ� suffix of locality

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Word History and Origins

Origin of cemetery¹

C14: from Late Latin ��Ǳ�ŧ��ŧ��ܳ�, from Greek ��Ǿ��ŧ��ŧ��ǲ� room for sleeping, from koiman to put to sleep

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Example Sentences

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And in the right light the Hollywood Forever cemetery has a certain ominous beauty.

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Afterward, she doubled down by doing a TikTok video in a cemetery and claiming if you want to live forever, follow Jesus.

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"I made an incorrect assumption that everyone in the auditorium understood that, yes, we are all going to perish from this earth," she sneered while walking in a cemetery.

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Ibarra was among about 75 people who gathered Monday for an hourlong Memorial Day service at the Joshua Tree Memorial Park, a small cemetery in the high desert town.

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By noon, they had buried him in a nearby cemetery.

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