churchyard

Japanese: churchyard
churchyard

…the English word cemetery and the French word cimetière come from the Greek koimētērion, meaning a place to sleep. In English, a cemetery attached to a church is called a churchyard.
[history]
The tombs of nobles from the early dynasties and Old Kingdom of ancient Egypt were called mastabas (meaning "bench" in Arabic) because of their shape.

*Some of the terminology that mentions "churchyard" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…〈墓地〉を意味する英語cemetery,フランス語cimetièreは,ギリシア語のkoimētērion(〈眠るための場所〉の意)に由来する。英語では,教会付属の墓地をchurchyardとして区別する。
[歴史]
 古代エジプトの初期王朝,古王国時代の貴族の墓は,その形状からマスタバ(アラビア語で〈ベンチ〉の意)と呼ばれる。…

※「churchyard」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。

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