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A place, usually a ground, set apart for the burial of the dead. Originally applied to the Roman underground cemeteries or catacombs (see catacomb, n.…
A subterranean place for the burial of the dead, consisting of galleries or passages with recesses… In later times applied (in the plural) to all…