union cemetery
Word Rarity
Uncommon
Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.02 in modern English
20
Scrabble Score
13
Letters
2
Syllables
10
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
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.
noun
An instance of such a cemetery, as for example Union Cemetery in Redwood City, California or Union Cemetery in Easton, Connecticut.
noun
A cemetery principally for the interment of Union soldiers in the American Civil War.
American usage
Example Sentences
- "Control and management of a union cemetery may be shifted from a union cemetery board to the combined boards of township trustees and municipal legislative authorities by appropriate action at any joint meeting provided for by R.C. 759.34 or R.C. 759.35; a board of township trustees which participates in the control and management of a union cemetery through joint meetings under R.C. 759.35 may contribute financially to the maintenance and operation of the cemetery."
- "The house [Arlington House] became the headquarters of the Union Army. The cemetery was created in 1864 by Union Quartermaster Gen. Montgomery Meigs. Although born in Georgia, Meigs considered Lee a traitor and vowed to punish him by turning his beloved home into a Union cemetery."
Usage
- American usage