necropolisn.

Brit.

/nᵻˈkrɒpəlɪs/,

/nᵻˈkrɒpl̩ɪs/,

/nɛˈkrɒpəlɪs/,

/nɛˈkrɒpl̩ɪs/, U.S.

/nəˈkrɑpələs/,

/nɛˈkrɑpələs/

Forms: 1800s nekropolis, 1800s– necropolis. Plural 1800s necropoles, 1800s necropolis, 1800s– necropoleis, 1800s– necropoli, 1800s– necropolises.

Origin: A borrowing from Greek. Etymon: Greek νεκρόπολις.

Etymology: < Hellenistic Greek νεκρόπολις city of the dead, cemetery (used of part of the city of Alexandria) < ancient Greek νεκρο- necro- comb. form + πόλις -polis comb. form. Compare post-classical Latin necropolis (6th cent.), French nécropolis (1828; now usually as nécropole : see necropole n.), German Nekropolis (19th cent.; plural Nekropole).The plural form necropoleis probably represents ancient Greek νεκροπόλεις, plural of νεκρόπολις. N.E.D. (1906) gives the pronunciation as (nekrǫ·polis) /nɛˈkrɒpəʊlɪs/.

1. A cemetery; frequently used as the name of a large cemetery in or near a city. Now chiefly historical, with reference to sense 2. Also figurative.

ΘΚΠ

the world > life > death > disposal of corpse > burial > burial ground or cemetery > [noun] > in or near city

necropolis1819

1819 R. Southey in Q. Rev. 21 381 To rid the city of its burial places, and establish a necropolis without the walls.

1831 J. Strang Necropolis Glasguensis Pref. 6 Argument for the establishment in this neighbourhood of a Necropolis.

1834 T. Carlyle Sartor Resartus iii. vii. 89/2 How shall we domesticate ourselves in this spectral Necropolis, or rather City both of the Dead and of the Unborn?

1880 J. Thomson City of Dreadful Night 6 In some necropolis you find Perchance one mourner to a thousand dead.

1895 L. Hearn in Atlantic Monthly June 794/2 ‘They'll be appreciated in the British Museum—eh?’ Then I fancied them [sc. Japanese statues] immured somewhere in that vast necropolis of dead gods.

1963 F. Burgess Eng. Churchyard Memorials i. 42 The large necropoli, with their tree-lined avenues, entrance lodges and elegant mortuary-chapels..now..are less visited..except by the curious and the ever-dwindling number of descendants who tend the graves.

1978 Washington Post (Nexis) 10 Nov. b14 The list of other magazines for which he did covers and illustrations is a necropolis of famous periodicals: the old, old Life, Judge, Leslie's, Women's Home Companion, [etc.].

1999 P. Morgan in P. C. Jupp & C. Gittings Death in Eng. v. 140 The rebuilding of churches was increasingly the responsibility of lords..and other notables who..colonised much of the space as a private necropolis.

2. An ancient or prehistoric burial ground, esp. one with elaborate tombs.

ΘΚΠ

the world > life > death > disposal of corpse > burial > burial ground or cemetery > [noun] > old or prehistoric

necropolis1850

1850 G. Grote Hist. Greece VII. ii. lix. 334 Extensive catacombs yet remain to mark the length of time during which this ancient Nekropolis served its purpose.

1874 J. R. Green Short Hist. Eng. People i. §1. 9 Hill and hill-slope were the necropolis of a vanished race.

1885 Cent. Mag. 31 2 The necropoleis of Lycian Myra.

1885 Pall Mall Gaz. 13 June 4/2 Mr. Richter's researches into the early necropoles of Cyprus.

1920 Man 20 180 The burials in the early island necropolis are chiefly formed by cinerary urns, containing the cremated remains of the dead, with the usual accompaniment of smaller subsidiary vases around them.

1968 S. J. Perelman Let. 14 May in Don't tread on Me (1987) 242 I maundered into weedy tombs and necropolises, stabbing weakly at the earth in the hope of uncovering a Bronze Age jawbone.

1996 Hello! 27 Jan. 70/2 The tomb was just part of the vast necropolis, or ‘Zhaoling’ of Emperor Taizong, the first emperor of the Tang Dynasty.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	necropolis
释义	necropolisn. Brit. /nᵻˈkrɒpəlɪs/, /nᵻˈkrɒpl̩ɪs/, /nɛˈkrɒpəlɪs/, /nɛˈkrɒpl̩ɪs/, U.S. /nəˈkrɑpələs/, /nɛˈkrɑpələs/ Forms: 1800s nekropolis, 1800s– necropolis. Plural 1800s necropoles, 1800s necropolis, 1800s– necropoleis, 1800s– necropoli, 1800s– necropolises. Origin: A borrowing from Greek. Etymon: Greek νεκρόπολις. Etymology: < Hellenistic Greek νεκρόπολις city of the dead, cemetery (used of part of the city of Alexandria) < ancient Greek νεκρο- necro- comb. form + πόλις -polis comb. form. Compare post-classical Latin necropolis (6th cent.), French nécropolis (1828; now usually as nécropole : see necropole n.), German Nekropolis (19th cent.; plural Nekropole).The plural form necropoleis probably represents ancient Greek νεκροπόλεις, plural of νεκρόπολις. N.E.D. (1906) gives the pronunciation as (nekrǫ·polis) /nɛˈkrɒpəʊlɪs/. 1. A cemetery; frequently used as the name of a large cemetery in or near a city. Now chiefly historical, with reference to sense 2. Also figurative. ΘΚΠ the world > life > death > disposal of corpse > burial > burial ground or cemetery > [noun] > in or near city necropolis1819 1819 R. Southey in Q. Rev. 21 381 To rid the city of its burial places, and establish a necropolis without the walls. 1831 J. Strang Necropolis Glasguensis Pref. 6 Argument for the establishment in this neighbourhood of a Necropolis. 1834 T. Carlyle Sartor Resartus iii. vii. 89/2 How shall we domesticate ourselves in this spectral Necropolis, or rather City both of the Dead and of the Unborn? 1880 J. Thomson City of Dreadful Night 6 In some necropolis you find Perchance one mourner to a thousand dead. 1895 L. Hearn in Atlantic Monthly June 794/2 ‘They'll be appreciated in the British Museum—eh?’ Then I fancied them [sc. Japanese statues] immured somewhere in that vast necropolis of dead gods. 1963 F. Burgess Eng. Churchyard Memorials i. 42 The large necropoli, with their tree-lined avenues, entrance lodges and elegant mortuary-chapels..now..are less visited..except by the curious and the ever-dwindling number of descendants who tend the graves. 1978 Washington Post (Nexis) 10 Nov. b14 The list of other magazines for which he did covers and illustrations is a necropolis of famous periodicals: the old, old Life, Judge, Leslie's, Women's Home Companion, [etc.]. 1999 P. Morgan in P. C. Jupp & C. Gittings Death in Eng. v. 140 The rebuilding of churches was increasingly the responsibility of lords..and other notables who..colonised much of the space as a private necropolis. 2. An ancient or prehistoric burial ground, esp. one with elaborate tombs. ΘΚΠ the world > life > death > disposal of corpse > burial > burial ground or cemetery > [noun] > old or prehistoric necropolis1850 1850 G. Grote Hist. Greece VII. ii. lix. 334 Extensive catacombs yet remain to mark the length of time during which this ancient Nekropolis served its purpose. 1874 J. R. Green Short Hist. Eng. People i. §1. 9 Hill and hill-slope were the necropolis of a vanished race. 1885 Cent. Mag. 31 2 The necropoleis of Lycian Myra. 1885 Pall Mall Gaz. 13 June 4/2 Mr. Richter's researches into the early necropoles of Cyprus. 1920 Man 20 180 The burials in the early island necropolis are chiefly formed by cinerary urns, containing the cremated remains of the dead, with the usual accompaniment of smaller subsidiary vases around them. 1968 S. J. Perelman Let. 14 May in Don't tread on Me (1987) 242 I maundered into weedy tombs and necropolises, stabbing weakly at the earth in the hope of uncovering a Bronze Age jawbone. 1996 Hello! 27 Jan. 70/2 The tomb was just part of the vast necropolis, or ‘Zhaoling’ of Emperor Taizong, the first emperor of the Tang Dynasty. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1819
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