cemeteryn.

/ˈsɛmɪtəri/

Forms: Middle English cymytery, cymytorye, cymitory, cymetorye, cimiteri, 1500s cimitorie, cimitory, cemitorie, cœmiteri, 1500s–1600s cemiterie, 1600s cemitory, cyme-, cimitery, sœmeterie, cyme-, cymitier, 1600s–1700s cœmetery, cœmitery, 1700s cemitery, ceme-, cœmitary, 1700s– cemetery.

Etymology: < Latin coemētērium, < Greek κοιμητήριον dormitory, (in Christian writers) burial-ground.

A place, usually a ground, set apart for the burial of the dead.

a. Originally applied to the Roman underground cemeteries or catacombs (see catacomb n.).

ΘΚΠ

the world > life > death > disposal of corpse > burial > burial ground or cemetery > [noun] > subterranean > in Rome

cemeterya1464

catacomba1680

a1387 J. Trevisa tr. R. Higden Polychron. (St. John's Cambr.) (1874) V. 65 A chirche hawe at Rome.. hatte cimitorium calixty.]

a1464 J. Capgrave Abbreuiacion of Cron. (Cambr. Gg.4.12) (1983) 54 Anicetus..was biried in the cymytery of Kalixt.

1520 Chron. Eng. iv. f. 37/2 He ordeyned the Cimiteri where many a thousande martyrs is buryed.

a1638 J. Mede Wks. (1672) iii. 679 Had the Christians long before used to keep their Assemblies at the Cœmiteries and Monuments of their Martyrs.

1841 W. Spalding Italy & Ital. Islands II. 37 Beyond which there extend, in every one of the cemeteries, galleries choked up.

1855 N. Wiseman Fabiola ii. ii The very name of cemetery suggests that it is only a place where many lie, as in a dormitory, slumbering for a while.

†b. The consecrated enclosure round a church; a churchyard. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

society > faith > artefacts > land > [noun] > churchyard

church townOE

churchyard?a1160

church hayc1175

kirkyardc1175

kirk-garth1298

purseynta1325

church hawc1330

sanctuary garth1412

procinct1422

precinctc1425

sanctuary1432

church-earth1449

church-littena1450

church garth1484

cemetery1485

church acre1596

God's acre1605

kirk shot1935

1485 W. Caxton tr. Thystorye & Lyf Charles the Grete sig. miiij^v/2 Two cymytoyres or chircheyerdes..In whyche places were buryed the moost partye of the frensshe men.

1520 Lyfe Ioseph of Armathia (Pynson) sig. B.ii In the holy grounde called the semetory.

1530–1 Act 22 Hen. VIII c. 14 Any parishe churche, Cimitorie, or other lyke halowed place.

1601 F. Godwin Catal. Bishops of Eng. 321 [He] was buried in the Cemitory or church~yard of his owne church.

1644 J. Evelyn Mem. (1857) I. 73 About this cathedral is a very spacious cemetery.

1771 E. Ledwich Antiquitates Sarisburienses 74.

1806 Gazetteer Scotl. (ed. 2) at Edinburgh The place on which the buildings of the Parliament Square stand was formerly the cemetery of St. Giles.

c. A burial-ground generally; now esp. a large public park or ground laid out expressly for the interment of the dead, and not being the ‘yard’ of any church.

ΘΚΠ

the world > life > death > disposal of corpse > burial > burial ground or cemetery > [noun]

littenc900

charnel1377

burying-place1382

fosse?a1425

churchyard1477

golgotha1604

God's acre1605

cemetery1613

burial-place1633

dormitory1634

burying-ground1711

burial-field1743

graveyard1767

burial-ground1803

burial-yard1842

boneyard1866

Boot Hill1901

necropole1921

memorial park1927

grave-site1953

1613 S. Purchas Pilgrimage I. v. vii. 411 I saw a certaine Cœmiterium or burying-place, then which I had never seene a fairer sight.

1711 J. Addison Spectator No. 90. ¶2 It is for this Reason (says Plato) that the Souls of the Dead appear frequently in Cœmiteries.

1754 Philos. Trans. 1753 (Royal Soc.) 48 337 A public coemetery..was highly requisite.

1841 E. W. Lane tr. Thousand & One Nights I. 71 The women often stay all the days of the festival in the cemeteries.

1883 ‘G. Lloyd’ Ebb & Flow II. 119 I should have been in the Protestant Cemetery at Puerto Blanco.

1889 N.E.D. at Cemetery Mod. He was buried in Abney Park Cemetery.

d. figurative.

ΚΠ

1704 J. Swift Full Acct. Battel between Bks. in Tale of Tub 235 It is with Libraries, as with other Cemetaries.

1872 O. W. Holmes Poet at Breakfast-table ii. 70 The old folios that fill the shelves all round the great cemetery of past transactions of which he is the sexton.

1886 C. H. Spurgeon Treasury of David VII. Ps. cxlv. 7 That the goodness of the living God should be buried in the cemetery of silence.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1889; most recently modified version published online December 2020).

单词	cemetery
释义	cemeteryn. /ˈsɛmɪtəri/ Forms: Middle English cymytery, cymytorye, cymitory, cymetorye, cimiteri, 1500s cimitorie, cimitory, cemitorie, cœmiteri, 1500s–1600s cemiterie, 1600s cemitory, cyme-, cimitery, sœmeterie, cyme-, cymitier, 1600s–1700s cœmetery, cœmitery, 1700s cemitery, ceme-, cœmitary, 1700s– cemetery. Etymology: < Latin coemētērium, < Greek κοιμητήριον dormitory, (in Christian writers) burial-ground. A place, usually a ground, set apart for the burial of the dead. a. Originally applied to the Roman underground cemeteries or catacombs (see catacomb n.). ΘΚΠ the world > life > death > disposal of corpse > burial > burial ground or cemetery > [noun] > subterranean > in Rome cemeterya1464 catacomba1680 a1387 J. Trevisa tr. R. Higden Polychron. (St. John's Cambr.) (1874) V. 65 A chirche hawe at Rome.. hatte cimitorium calixty.] a1464 J. Capgrave Abbreuiacion of Cron. (Cambr. Gg.4.12) (1983) 54 Anicetus..was biried in the cymytery of Kalixt. 1520 Chron. Eng. iv. f. 37/2 He ordeyned the Cimiteri where many a thousande martyrs is buryed. a1638 J. Mede Wks. (1672) iii. 679 Had the Christians long before used to keep their Assemblies at the Cœmiteries and Monuments of their Martyrs. 1841 W. Spalding Italy & Ital. Islands II. 37 Beyond which there extend, in every one of the cemeteries, galleries choked up. 1855 N. Wiseman Fabiola ii. ii The very name of cemetery suggests that it is only a place where many lie, as in a dormitory, slumbering for a while. †b. The consecrated enclosure round a church; a churchyard. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ society > faith > artefacts > land > [noun] > churchyard church townOE churchyard?a1160 church hayc1175 kirkyardc1175 kirk-garth1298 purseynta1325 church hawc1330 sanctuary garth1412 procinct1422 precinctc1425 sanctuary1432 church-earth1449 church-littena1450 church garth1484 cemetery1485 church acre1596 God's acre1605 kirk shot1935 1485 W. Caxton tr. Thystorye & Lyf Charles the Grete sig. miiij^v/2 Two cymytoyres or chircheyerdes..In whyche places were buryed the moost partye of the frensshe men. 1520 Lyfe Ioseph of Armathia (Pynson) sig. B.ii In the holy grounde called the semetory. 1530–1 Act 22 Hen. VIII c. 14 Any parishe churche, Cimitorie, or other lyke halowed place. 1601 F. Godwin Catal. Bishops of Eng. 321 [He] was buried in the Cemitory or church~yard of his owne church. 1644 J. Evelyn Mem. (1857) I. 73 About this cathedral is a very spacious cemetery. 1771 E. Ledwich Antiquitates Sarisburienses 74. 1806 Gazetteer Scotl. (ed. 2) at Edinburgh The place on which the buildings of the Parliament Square stand was formerly the cemetery of St. Giles. c. A burial-ground generally; now esp. a large public park or ground laid out expressly for the interment of the dead, and not being the ‘yard’ of any church. ΘΚΠ the world > life > death > disposal of corpse > burial > burial ground or cemetery > [noun] littenc900 charnel1377 burying-place1382 fosse?a1425 churchyard1477 golgotha1604 God's acre1605 cemetery1613 burial-place1633 dormitory1634 burying-ground1711 burial-field1743 graveyard1767 burial-ground1803 burial-yard1842 boneyard1866 Boot Hill1901 necropole1921 memorial park1927 grave-site1953 1613 S. Purchas Pilgrimage I. v. vii. 411 I saw a certaine Cœmiterium or burying-place, then which I had never seene a fairer sight. 1711 J. Addison Spectator No. 90. ¶2 It is for this Reason (says Plato) that the Souls of the Dead appear frequently in Cœmiteries. 1754 Philos. Trans. 1753 (Royal Soc.) 48 337 A public coemetery..was highly requisite. 1841 E. W. Lane tr. Thousand & One Nights I. 71 The women often stay all the days of the festival in the cemeteries. 1883 ‘G. Lloyd’ Ebb & Flow II. 119 I should have been in the Protestant Cemetery at Puerto Blanco. 1889 N.E.D. at Cemetery Mod. He was buried in Abney Park Cemetery. d. figurative. ΚΠ 1704 J. Swift Full Acct. Battel between Bks. in Tale of Tub 235 It is with Libraries, as with other Cemetaries. 1872 O. W. Holmes Poet at Breakfast-table ii. 70 The old folios that fill the shelves all round the great cemetery of past transactions of which he is the sexton. 1886 C. H. Spurgeon Treasury of David VII. Ps. cxlv. 7 That the goodness of the living God should be buried in the cemetery of silence. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1889; most recently modified version published online December 2020). < n.a1464
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