many of the soldiers who died in the battle are buried in a cemetery nearby
Recent Examples on the WebAs the procession moved into the cemetery, the wail of an air-raid siren started. Serhiy Morgunov, Washington Post, 10 Sep. 2022 Once a cemetery, the location is now home to a monarch butterfly preserve filled with milkweed bushes to attract the pollinators back to New York City to generate more greenery—and more life. Michella Oré, Vogue, 10 Sep. 2022 Westview Abbey, a mausoleum at an Atlanta cemetery. Catherine E. Shoichet And Austin Steele, CNN, 10 Sep. 2022 By May 13, the graves of 13 servicemen killed in Ukraine since March lay side by side in an area of Kyzyl’s main cemetery, separated from other graves. Ann M. Simmons, WSJ, 9 Sep. 2022 Attorneys for Rodgers and other defendants affiliated with its cemetery denied wrongdoing or liability. Andrew Wolfson, The Courier-Journal, 9 Sep. 2022 As her veil brushed the cemetery floors, two additional styled baby hairs locked at the corners of her cheekbones. Chelsea Avila, Allure, 8 Sep. 2022 Five miles of mostly gravel paths loop through this 20-acre sculpture park, past streams, lakes and a historic 200-year-old cemetery, and through meadows and oak- and hickory-forested hills. Jeanine Barone, Chicago Tribune, 7 Sep. 2022 Enlarge / Archaeologists excavating a 17th-century cemetery near Bydgoszcz in Poland. Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica, 6 Sep. 2022 See More
Word History
Etymology
Middle English cimitery, from Anglo-French cimiterie, from Late Latin coemeterium, from Greek koimētērion sleeping chamber, burial place, from koiman to put to sleep; akin to Greek keisthai to lie, Sanskrit śete he lies