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cemetary

cemetary is the misspelling of cemetery.

Meaning of cemetery

Noun

cemetery (plural cemeteries)

  1. A place where the dead are buried; a graveyard or memorial park.
    • The plain around was interspersed with cemeteries, Turk, Greek, and Armenian, with their growth of cypress trees...1826, [Mary Shelley], chapter II, in The Last Man. […], volume II, London: Henry Colburn, […], →OCLC

Origin of cemetary

An incorrect assumption of the suffix -ary (as used on adjectives and agent nouns), suggesting a classical Latin origin, whereas the word is in fact derived from the Ancient Greek noun κοιμητήριον (koimētḗrion).

Questions about cemetary

What is cemetary the misspelling of?
Cemetary is the misspelling of cemetery.

Words near cemetary in the dictionary

  1. cements together
  2. cementstone
  3. cementstones
  4. cementum
  5. cementy
  6. cemetary
  7. cemeterial
  8. cemeterian
  9. cemeterians
  10. cemeteries
  11. cemetery

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