Define:Seemetry

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Avenue wi linden in the seemetry bi Ringkøbing, Jutland, Denmark.

Etymologie

Fae Middle Inglis simeterie[citation needit], fae Auld French cimetiere, fae Medeival Laitin cemeterium, fae Late Laitin coemeterium, fae Greek κοιμ-ητήριον (koimeterion, "sleepin room"[1]), fae koiman ("tae put tae sleep"), fae keimai ("A lie doon").[2]

Pronunciation

IPA(Whit's this?): /′simətri/[3]

Noun

seemetry[3]

  1. a place whaur the remains o deid fowk ir buried.

Relatit terms

  1. graveyaird, graveyard
  2. kirkyaird, kirkyard
  3. Define:yirdin-place, erding-place
  4. Define:burial (-grund), -(place)
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