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cemetery
cem·e·ter·y [ sémmə tèrree ] (plural cem·e·ter·ies)


noun 
Definition:
 
burial place: an area of ground in which the dead are buried
[14th century. Via late Latin coemeterium< Greek koimētērion "dormitory" < koiman "put to sleep"]
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