union cemetery (English, noun)
expansion: union cemetery (plural union cemeteries)
Senses:
glosses: 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.
qualifier: When capitalized as "Union Cemetery"
glosses: An instance of such a cemetery, as for example Union Cemetery in Redwood City, California or Union Cemetery in Easton, Connecticut.
qualifier: when capitalized as "Union cemetery"
glosses: A cemetery principally for the interment of Union soldiers in the American Civil War.
tags: US
raw_tags: with "Union" in an attributive proper noun sense
Forms:
form: union cemeteries
tags: plural