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burial ground [′ber·ē·əl ‚grau̇nd] (nucleonics) A place for burying unwanted radioactive objects to prevent escape of their radiations, the earth acting as a shield. Also known as graveyard. Burial Ground Aceldama potter’s field; burial place for strangers. [N. T.: Matthew 27:6–10, Acts 1:18–19] where Tam O’Shanter saw witches dancing among opened coffins. [Br. Lit.: Burns Tam O’Shanter in Benét, 985] final resting place for America’s war heroes. [Am. Hist.: Flexner, 95] Tombstone, Arizona’s graveyard, where gunfighters are buried. [Am. Hist.: Flexner, 178] famous cemetery in Pisa, with Gothic arcades and Renaissance frescoes. [Ital. Hist.: Collier’s, XV, 433] built in Rome by Hadrian as an imperial mausoleum. [Rom. Hist.: Collier’s, XVI, 539] in Rome, one of the largest of subterranean burial places, with eleven miles of galleries. [Ital. Hist.: Collier’s, IV, 458]
former monastery in central Spain; mausoleum of Spanish sovereigns. [Span. Hist.: NCE, 890] immortalized in poem; cemetery for WWI dead. [Eur. Hist.: Jameson, 176] site of Civil War battle; cemetery for war dead. [Am. Culture: EB, IV: 515] Moravian graveyard in Winston-Salem, N.C., with 3,000 identical marble markers. [Am. Hist.: Collier’s, XIX, 471] New York City burial place of General Ulysses S. Grant. [Am. Culture: EB, IV: 680] enormous Egyptian royal tomb. [World Hist.: Wallechinsky, 255] cave where body of Jesus is said to have lain. [Christ. Tradition: Brewer Dictionary, 814] cave where Abraham, Sarah, Isaac, Jacob are buried. [O.T.: Genesis 23:19, 25:9, 49:30, 50:13] burial ground purchased with Judas’s betrayal money. [N.T.: Matthew 27:6–8] village whose churchyard is thought to be the scene of Gray’s “Elegy.” [Br. Lit.: Benét, 966] fabulous tomb built by Shah Jahan for wife. [Ind. Hist.: Wallechinsky, 317] Queen Artemisia’s spectacular memorial to husband. [World Hist.: Wallechinsky, 256] in Arlington National Cemetery; commemorates nameless war dead. [Am. Hist.: Brewer Dictionary, 1118] abbey filled with tombs and memorials of famous British subjects. [Br. Hist.: EB, X: 632–633] How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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And so the field became the first burial ground in Boston. This, it appeared, was the Indian burial ground, and had been used for generations. Jago in the Cape de Verd Islands, I remember having seen in a ravine a retired corner covered with bones of the goat; we at the time exclaimed that it was the burial ground of all the goats in the island. |
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