cemetery

cemetery
cemetery late 14c., from O.Fr. cimetiere "graveyard" (12c.), from L.L. coemeterium, from Gk. koimeterion "sleeping place, dormitory," from koimao "to put to sleep," keimai "I lie down," from PIE root *kei- "to lie, rest" (Cf. Goth haims "village," O.E. ham "home, house, dwelling"); see HOME (Cf. home). Early Christian writers were the first to use it for "burial ground," though the Greek word also were anciently used of the sleep of death. An Old English word for this was licburg.

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  • cemetery — [sem′ə ter΄ē] n. pl. cemeteries [LL(Ec) coemeterium < Gr koimētērion, sleeping place (in LGr(Ec), cemetery) < koiman, to put to sleep; akin to keimai, to lie down: see HOME] a place for the burial of the dead; graveyard …   English World dictionary

  • Cemetery — Cem e*ter*y, n.; pl. {Cemeteries}. [L. cemeterium, Gr. ? a sleeping chamber, burial place, fr. ? to put to sleep.] A place or ground set apart for the burial of the dead; a graveyard; a churchyard; a necropolis. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • cemetery — [n] burial ground boot hill*, catacomb, charnel, charnel house, churchyard, city of the dead*, crypt, eternal home*, funerary grounds, garden, God’s acre*, Golgotha, grave, graveyard, marble town*, memorial park, mortuary, necropolis, ossuary,… …   New thesaurus

  • cemetery — ► NOUN (pl. cemeteries) ▪ a large burial ground. ORIGIN Greek koim t rion dormitory …   English terms dictionary

  • Cemetery — For other uses, see Cemetery (disambiguation). Common Burying Ground and Island Cemetery in Newport, Rhode Island …   Wikipedia

  • CEMETERY — In Hebrew a cemetery is variously termed as bet kevarot ( place of the sepulchers ; Neh. 2:3, Sanh. 6:5); bet olam ( house of eternity ; see Eccles. 12:5) or its Aramaic form bet almin (Eccles. R. 10:9, Targ. Isa. 40:11, TJ, MK 80b); bet mo ed le …   Encyclopedia of Judaism

  • cemetery — n. at, in a cemetery (she works at/in the cemetery; to be buried in a cemetery) * * * in a cemetery (she works at/in the cemetery; to be buried in a cemetery) at …   Combinatory dictionary

  • cemetery — noun ADJECTIVE ▪ local ▪ private, public ▪ He was buried in a private cemetery. ▪ military ▪ Catholic …   Collocations dictionary

  • cemetery — /sem i ter ee/, n., pl. cemeteries. an area set apart for or containing graves, tombs, or funeral urns, esp. one that is not a churchyard; burial ground; graveyard. [1375 1425; late ME < LL coemeterium < Gk koimetérion a sleeping place, equiv. to …   Universalium

  • cemetery */ — UK [ˈsemətrɪ] / US [ˈseməˌterɪ] noun [countable] Word forms cemetery : singular cemetery plural cemeteries an area of ground where dead people are buried See: graveyard …   English dictionary

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