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==Origin==
[http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=English#ca._1100-1500_.09THE_MIDDLE_ENGLISH_PERIOD Middle English] cimitery, from Anglo-French cimiterie, from Late Latin coemeterium, from [[Greek]] koimētērion sleeping chamber, [[burial]] place, from koiman to put to sleep; akin to Greek keisthai to lie, [[Sanskrit]] śete he lies
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/15th_century 15th Century]
==Definition==
*1: a [[burial]] ground
*2: The [[Oxford English Dictionary]] states that a cemetery is "A [[burial]]-ground generally; now esp. a large [[public]] park or ground laid out expressly for the interment of the [[dead]], and not being the ‘yard’ of any church. (Cemetery c)" and that it "... originally applied to the Roman underground cemeteries or [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Catacomb catacombs] " Cemeteries are normally distinct from churchyards, which are typically [[consecrated]] according to one denomination and are attached directly to a single place of [[worship]].
==Description==
A '''cemetery''' is a place in which dead bodies and cremated remains are [[buried]]. The term cemetery (from Greek κοιμητήριον: [[sleeping]] place) implies that the [[land]] is specifically designated as a [[burying]] ground. Cemeteries in the [[Western world]] are the place where the final [[ceremonies]] of [[death]] are [[observed]]. These ceremonies or rites differ according to [[cultural]] [[practice]] and [[religious]] [[belief]].
Usually there is a [[legal]] requirement to maintain [[records]] regarding the [[burial]]s (or interment of ashes) within a cemetery. These burial registers usually contain (at a minimum) the [[name]] of the [[person]] buried, the date of [[burial]] and the location of the burial within the cemetery, although some burial registers contain far more [[information]] about the deceased person. Burial registers are an important resource for [[genealogy]].
In order to [[physically]] manage the [[space]] within the cemetery (to avoid burials in existing graves) and to [[record]] locations in the burial register, most cemeteries have some [[systematic]] layout of graves in rows, generally grouped into larger sections as required. Often the cemetery displays this [[information]] in the form of a map, which is used both by the cemetery [[administration]] in managing their [[land]] use and also by [[friends]] and [[family]] members seeking to locate a particular grave within the cemetery.[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cemetery]
[[Category: Anthropology]]
==Origin==
[http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=English#ca._1100-1500_.09THE_MIDDLE_ENGLISH_PERIOD Middle English] cimitery, from Anglo-French cimiterie, from Late Latin coemeterium, from [[Greek]] koimētērion sleeping chamber, [[burial]] place, from koiman to put to sleep; akin to Greek keisthai to lie, [[Sanskrit]] śete he lies
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/15th_century 15th Century]
==Definition==
*1: a [[burial]] ground
*2: The [[Oxford English Dictionary]] states that a cemetery is "A [[burial]]-ground generally; now esp. a large [[public]] park or ground laid out expressly for the interment of the [[dead]], and not being the ‘yard’ of any church. (Cemetery c)" and that it "... originally applied to the Roman underground cemeteries or [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Catacomb catacombs] " Cemeteries are normally distinct from churchyards, which are typically [[consecrated]] according to one denomination and are attached directly to a single place of [[worship]].
==Description==
A '''cemetery''' is a place in which dead bodies and cremated remains are [[buried]]. The term cemetery (from Greek κοιμητήριον: [[sleeping]] place) implies that the [[land]] is specifically designated as a [[burying]] ground. Cemeteries in the [[Western world]] are the place where the final [[ceremonies]] of [[death]] are [[observed]]. These ceremonies or rites differ according to [[cultural]] [[practice]] and [[religious]] [[belief]].
Usually there is a [[legal]] requirement to maintain [[records]] regarding the [[burial]]s (or interment of ashes) within a cemetery. These burial registers usually contain (at a minimum) the [[name]] of the [[person]] buried, the date of [[burial]] and the location of the burial within the cemetery, although some burial registers contain far more [[information]] about the deceased person. Burial registers are an important resource for [[genealogy]].
In order to [[physically]] manage the [[space]] within the cemetery (to avoid burials in existing graves) and to [[record]] locations in the burial register, most cemeteries have some [[systematic]] layout of graves in rows, generally grouped into larger sections as required. Often the cemetery displays this [[information]] in the form of a map, which is used both by the cemetery [[administration]] in managing their [[land]] use and also by [[friends]] and [[family]] members seeking to locate a particular grave within the cemetery.[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cemetery]
[[Category: Anthropology]]
