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Cemetery
properly means a sleeping-place. The Jews used to speak of
death as sleep. The Persians call their cemeteries “The Cities
of the Silent.” The Greeks thought it unlucky to pronounce the name of
Death. (Greek, koiiheterion.)
Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894 More on Cemetery from Infoplease:
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