Cĕm'e-tĕr'y, n.

n. [Lat. cæmeterium, Gr. κοιμητήριον, a sleeping-chamber, burial-place, from κοιμᾶν, to sleep; O. Fr. cemeterie, N. Fr. cimetière, It. cimeterio, Sp. cimiterio.] A place or ground set apart for the burial of the dead; a grave-yard; a church-yard; a necropolis.