CÅ“meterium
Origin
An unadapted adoption of the Latin coemētērium; compare cemetery.
Full definition of cœmeterium
Noun
cœmeterium
(plural cœmeteria)- (Roman antiquities) An ancient cemetery, churchyard, or burial ground.
- 1913, Charles George Herbermann &al. eds. of the Knights of Columbus Catholic Truth Committee, The Catholic Encyclopedia: An International Work of Reference on the Constitution, Doctrine, Discipline, and History of the Catholic Church (Encyclopedia Press), Volume 3, page #418After the rediscovery and opening of the other cœmeteria, the name belonging to this one cœmeterium was applied to all.