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8 letters · 15 points in Scrabble
Meaning
noun a tract of land used for burials
originFrom Middle English cimiterie, from Old French cimitiere, from Medieval Latin cimitērium, from Late Latin coemētērium, from Ancient Greek κοιμητήριον (koimētḗrion), from κοιμάω (koimáō, “I put to sleep”); compare cœmeterium. Displaced Middle English charnel (“mass grave, cemetery”) and Old English līctūn (“cemetery”).
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 3.0
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