单词 | necropole |
释义 | necropolen. rare. A burial ground, cemetery. Cf. necropolis n. 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 1921 A. Huxley Crome Yellow xx. 219 Crome calls me like the voice of vesperal bells, Haunts like a ghostly-peopled necropole. 1996 Irish Times (Nexis) 18 June 13 We arrive at the cemetery, this urban necropole. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, September 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1921 |
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