necropolis
The Oxford Pocket Thesaurus of Current English | Date: 2008
necropolis • noun
synonyms: cemetery, graveyard, churchyard, burial ground, burial place, God's acre.
© The Oxford Pocket Thesaurus of Current English 2008, originally published by Oxford University Press 2008.
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