CÅ“meterium

Origin

An unadapted adoption of the Latin coemētērium; compare cemetery.

Full definition of cœmeterium

Noun

1. (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 cÅ“meteria, the name belonging to this one cÅ“meterium was applied to all.