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a piece of land used for burying the dead
  • many of the soldiers who died in the battle are buried in a cemetery nearby

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The first known use of cemetery was in the 15th century

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“Cemetery.” The Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster Inc., https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cemetery. Accessed 12 December 2019.

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