An old cemetery overlooking the sea.
The definition of a cemetery is a place where people are buried.
An example of a cemetery is a grassy area with headstones.
cemetery
pl. -·ter·ies
a place for the burial of the dead; graveyard
Origin of cemetery
Ecclesiastical Late Latin coemeterium ; from Classical Greek koim?t?rion, sleeping place (in LGr(Ec), cemetery) ; from koiman, to put to sleep; akin to keimai, to lie down: see homecemetery
noun
pl. cem·e·ter·ies A place for burying the dead; a graveyard.
Origin of cemetery
Middle English cimiterie, from Old French cimitiere, from Medieval Latin cimit&emacron;rium, from Late Latin coem&emacron;t&emacron;rium, from Greek koim&emacron;t&emacron;rion, from koiman, to put to sleep; see kei- in Indo-European roots.cemetery
Origin
From Middle English cimiterie, from Old French cimitiere, from Medieval Latin cimitērium, from Late Latin coemētērium, from Ancient Greek κοιμητήριον (koimētērion), from κοιμάω (koimaō, “I put to sleep”); compare cœmeterium.
