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From as ancient Greek word meaning 'sleeping place'. The Greek word was adopted in to late Latin as 'coemetarian' and later into medieval French as 'cimetiere'. This passed into English in several forms including 'cymytory, and 'simeterie'. Another Old English word was 'licburg' a word used for a body or corpse

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