Bible Encyclopedias
Cemeteries

Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature

Search for…

Enter query below:

or

A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W Y Z

Prev Entry
Celynin

Next Entry
Cemetery

Resource Toolbox

Print Article

Additional Links

Dictionaries
Charles Buck Dictionary
• Cemetery
1910 New Catholic Dictionary
• Cemetery of Apronianus
• Cemetery
• Apronianus, Cemetery of
Webster Dictionary
• Cemetery
• Cemeteries
• Cemeterial
Watson's Theological Dictionary
• Cemetery
Encyclopedias
1911 Encyclopedia Britannica
• Cemetery
McClintock and Strong's Bible Encyclopedia
• Cemeteries
• Cemetery
The Catholic Encyclopedia
• Cemeteries in Law
• Cemetery
• Early Roman Christian Cemeteries
The Jewish Encyclopedia
• Cemetery

(κοιμητήρια, dormitories, or sleeping-places), a place of burial for the dead. The word cemetery, in this use, is of exclusively Christian origin; the burial-places of the Christians were so called to denote not only that the dead rested from their earthly labors and sorrows, but to point out the hope of a future resurrection (Bingham, Orig. Eccles. bk. 23, ch. 1). (See BURIAL); (See CATACOMBS); (See SEPULCHRE).