cemetire

Old French

Noun

cemetire m (oblique plural cemetires, nominative singular cemetires, nominative plural cemetire)

  1. cemetery (place where bodies are interred)
    • circa 1176, Chrétien de Troyes, 'Cligès':
      Mes clos estoit tot anviron
      li cemetires de haut mur
      But the cemetery was enclosed all around
      by high walls

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