Ne‐crop″o‐lis (?), n.; pl.Necropolises (#). [NL., fr. Gr. �; νεκρόσ a dead body, adj., dead + � city.] A city of the dead; a name given by the ancients to their cemeteries, and sometimes applied to modern burial places; a graveyard.
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Webster's Dictionary 1913
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, C. & G. Merriam Co., 1913.