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Necropolis
Ne-crop′o-lis
,Noun.
pl.
Necropolises
(#)
. [NL., fr. Gr. [GREEK];
νεκρόσ
a dead body, adj., dead + [GREEK] city.] A city of the dead; a name given by the ancients to their cemeteries, and sometimes applied to modern burial places; a graveyard.