English Explanatory Dictionary

union cemetery

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A cemetery shared by more than one church congregation or municipality, usually to lighten the financial burden (cost per congregation or municipality) and usually nondenominational/nonsectarian.
  2. An instance of such a cemetery, as for example Union Cemetery in Redwood City, California or Union Cemetery in Easton, Connecticut.
  3. A cemetery principally for the interment of Union soldiers in the American Civil War.

Word forms

union cemetery union cemeteries

Related words

union church union station
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