Thesaurus: necropolis
A city of the dead; a name given by the ancients to their cemeteries, and sometimes applied to modern burial places; a graveyard.
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Definitions
- n. A city of the dead; a name given by the ancients to their cemeteries, and sometimes applied to modern burial places; a graveyard.
- n. a tract of land used for burials
- A city of the dead; a name given by the ancients to their cemeteries, and sometimes applied to modern burial places; a graveyard.
- A city of the dead; a name given by the ancients to theircemeteries, and sometimes applied to modern burial places; agraveyard.
- n:100 n a tract of land used for burials