Cemeteries

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  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]