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cemetery

cem.e.tery \'sem-*-.ter-e-\ n [ME cimitery, fr. MF cimitere, fr. LL 
   coemeterium, fr. Gk ]koime-te-rion sleeping chamber, burial place, fr. 
   koiman to put to sleep; akin to L cunae cradle : a burial ground