cemeterial (semeterial)

[ Though we decline (says Dr. Browne, in his Urne-burial) the religious Consideration, yet in cœmeterial and narrower burying Places, to avoid Confusion and cro Position, a certain Posture were to be admitted. Bourne's Pop. Antiq . (1777), p. 52. cemetery (sem'ē-ter-i), n.; pl. cemeteries (-iz). [Also formerly centerie , centry , cemetery , semetory, cemetiere , F. cimetière = Pr. ce menteri Sp. cimenterio =Pg. cemiterio = It. cimeterio, cœmeterium , ML. also cemeterium , κοιμᾶν , put to sleep, pa . fall asleep, κείσθαι , lie down, related to L. quies , rest: see quiet .] A place set apart for interment; a graveyard; specifically, a burial-ground not attached to any church; a necropolis: as, Greenwood cemetery , near New York. In the holy grounde called the semetory , Harde by the place where kynge Arthur was founde. Joseph of Arimathie (E. E. T. S.), p. 49. cenanthy (se-nan'thi), n. [ κενός , empty, + ἄνθος , flower.] In bot . , the entire suppre ion of stamens and pistils within the perianth. cenatical (se-nat'i-kal), a. [L. cenaticus ( cena , dinner, supper: see cenation ) + -al.] Relating to dinner or supper. [Rare.] IMG:content-0012.jpg:[blocks in formation] cenatory (sen'a-to-ri), a. [ The Romans washed, were anointed, and wore a cenatory garment. Sir T. Browne , Vulg. Err., v. 6. cenchri, n. Plural of cenchrus. Cenchrína (seng-kri'nä), n . pl. [NL., Crotalidæ , taking name from the genus Cenchris .