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.
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Webster's Dictionary 1913
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, C. & G. Merriam Co., 1913.