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Dictionary of Phrase and Fable—C

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

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