union cemetery
A cemetery shared by more than one church congregation or municipality, usually to…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.
Meaning
3 sensesA 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.
An instance of such a cemetery, as for example Union Cemetery in Redwood City, California or Union Cemetery in Easton, Connecticut.
(US)A cemetery principally for the interment of Union soldiers in the American Civil War.
Forms
plural: union cemeteries| Singular | union cemetery |
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