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• Necropolises — Necropolis Ne*crop o*lis, n.; pl. {Necropolises}. [NL., fr. Gr. ?; nekro s a dead body, adj., dead + ? city.] A city of the dead; a name given by the ancients to their cemeteries, and sometimes applied to modern burial places; a graveyard. [1913… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

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• necropolis — necropolitan /nek reuh pol i tn/, adj. /neuh krop euh lis, ne /, n., pl. necropolises. 1. a cemetery, esp. one of large size and usually of an ancient city. 2. a historic or prehistoric burial ground. [1810 20; < Gk nekrópolis burial place (lit …   Universalium

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• Necropolis — Ne*crop o*lis, n.; pl. {Necropolises}. [NL., fr. Gr. ?; nekro s a dead body, adj., dead + ? city.] A city of the dead; a name given by the ancients to their cemeteries, and sometimes applied to modern burial places; a graveyard. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

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