NECROPOLIS: Dictionary Entry and Meaning
| Pronunciation: | | nu'krâpulis
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| | Definition: | | [n] a tract of land used for burials |
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| | Synonyms: | | burial ground, burial site, burying ground, cemetery, graveyard, memorial park |
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| | See Also: | | land site, potter's field, site | |
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \Ne*crop"o*lis\, n.; pl. {Necropolises}. [NL., fr.
Gr. ?; ? a dead body, adj., dead + ? city.]
A city of the dead; a name given by the ancients to their
cemeteries, and sometimes applied to modern burial places; a
graveyard.
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