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/sim.tjɛʁ/
Translation
cemetery, graveyard
Word origin
From Late Latin coemeterium, from Greek koimeterion ('sleeping place'), from koiman ('to put to sleep'). Early Christian writers chose the word to suggest that the dead were only resting.
- Origin
- Greek
- Root
- koimeterion
- English cognates
- cemetery
Grammar
Examples
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Graveyards are often found behind a church.
au .
She takes flowers to the cemetery every Sunday.
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The town cemeteries close at six.
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He spent the night in an old graveyard.
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My grandfather is buried in this cemetery.
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