lawn cemetery
collocation in Englishmeaningsoflawnandcemetery
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lawn
noun[C or U]
uk/lɔːn/us/lɑːn/
an area of grass, especially near to a house or in a park, that is cut regularly to keep ...
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cemetery
noun[C]
uk/ˈsem.ə.tri/us/ˈsem.ə.ter.i/
an area of ground in which dead bodies ...
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(Definition oflawnandcemeteryfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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The second section considers three major rationales that informed the introduction and proliferation of thelawncemeterylandscape.
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Indeed, this article demonstrates that the subdued uniformity of thelawncemeteryis far more eloquent than is commonly supposed.
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This section gives an analysis of the modernlawncemeteryas a reflection of attitudes towards aspects of mortality.
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Restrictions in memorial size were not an immediate feature of thelawncemetery.
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By the late 1940s, an added component to thelawncemeteryhad emerged.
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Progress in advancing thelawncemeteryaesthetic was evidence of elite appropriation of traditional death ritual, a process that had been most successfully assayed in the medical and funeral-directing spheres.
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The scale of thelawncemeteryreflected these more intimate intentions, and the domestic garden nature of the design further highlighted the understanding that the grave was private, family space.
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As in alawncemetery, grass grows over the graves themselves.
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Its grounds are a mixture of historic monumental cemetery and modernlawncemetery, but it also has catacombs, cremation plots and a columbarium for cinery ashes.
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Furthermore, there was no clear consensus on defining the principal characteristics of lawn cemeteries: different interpretations were apparent.
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The growth of cremation and the formation of lawn cemeteries have also had an effect on the monumental side of the industry, but these factors are inevitable and will increase.
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Commemorative plaques (usually standardised in terms of size and materials similar to lawn cemeteries) stand on these beams adjacent to each grave.
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Typically, lawn cemeteries comprise a number of graves in this lawn setting with trees and gardens on the perimeter.
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As with lawn cemeteries, the original expectation was that people would prefer the uncluttered simplicity of a wall of plaques, but the practice of leaving flowers is very entrenched.
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