cemetery [ cem·e·te·ry ]
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Noun (cemeteries)
1. A large burial ground, especially one not in a churchyard.
As a result councils, as the burial authority, must keep cemeteries safe.
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1. Late Middle English via late Latin from Greek koimētērion ‘dormitory’, from koiman ‘put to sleep’.

