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== Webster's Dictionary <ref name="term_98459" /> == | |||
<p> ( κοιμητήρια, dormitories, or sleeping-places), a place of burial for the dead. The word cemetery, in this use, is of exclusively [[Christian]] origin; the burial-places of the [[Christians]] were so called to denote not only that the dead rested from their earthly labors and sorrows, but to point out the hope of a future resurrection (Bingham, Orig. Eccles. bk. 23, ch. 1). (See [[Burial]]); (See [[Catacombs]]); (See [[Sepulchre]]). </p> | <p> (pl.) of [[Cemetery]] </p> | ||
== Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature <ref name="term_31317" /> == | |||
<p> (κοιμητήρια, dormitories, or sleeping-places), a place of burial for the dead. The word cemetery, in this use, is of exclusively [[Christian]] origin; the burial-places of the [[Christians]] were so called to denote not only that the dead rested from their earthly labors and sorrows, but to point out the hope of a future resurrection (Bingham, Orig. Eccles. bk. 23, ch. 1). (See [[Burial]]); (See [[Catacombs]]); (See [[Sepulchre]]). </p> | |||
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<ref name="term_98459"> [https://bibleportal.com/dictionary/webster-s-dictionary/cemeteries Cemeteries from Webster's Dictionary]</ref> | |||
<ref name="term_31317"> [https://bibleportal.com/encyclopedia/cyclopedia-of-biblical-theological-and-ecclesiastical-literature/cemeteries Cemeteries from Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature]</ref> | <ref name="term_31317"> [https://bibleportal.com/encyclopedia/cyclopedia-of-biblical-theological-and-ecclesiastical-literature/cemeteries Cemeteries from Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature]</ref> | ||
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Revision as of 22:15, 11 October 2021
Webster's Dictionary [1]
(pl.) of Cemetery
Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature [2]
(κοιμητήρια, dormitories, or sleeping-places), a place of burial for the dead. The word cemetery, in this use, is of exclusively Christian origin; the burial-places of the Christians were so called to denote not only that the dead rested from their earthly labors and sorrows, but to point out the hope of a future resurrection (Bingham, Orig. Eccles. bk. 23, ch. 1). (See Burial); (See Catacombs); (See Sepulchre).
