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  2. Coemeterium - Wikipedia

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    Coemeterium (Latin for "cemetery", from the Ancient Greek, κοιμητήριον, koimeterion = "bedroom, resting place") was originally a free-standing, multi-roomed gravesite in Early Christianity. Bodies were buried in wall niches and under the floor.

  3. Cemetery - Wikipedia

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    Kerepesi Cemetery, Budapest, Hungary Cemetery in China Cemetery in Kavala, Greece. A cemetery, burial ground, gravesite, graveyard, or a green space called a memorial park, is a place where the remains of many dead people are buried or otherwise interred.

  4. Syssitia - Wikipedia

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    The syssitia (Ancient Greek: συσσίτια syssítia, plural of συσσίτιον syssítion) [1] were, in ancient Greece, common meals for men and youths in social or religious groups, especially in Crete and Sparta, but also in Megara in the time of Theognis of Megara (sixth century BCE) and Corinth in the time of Periander (seventh century BCE).

  5. Ceremony - Wikipedia

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    According to Dally Messenger and Alain de Botton, in most Western countries the values and ideals articulated in both church and civil ceremonies are generally similar. The difference is in what Messenger calls the "supernatural infrastructure" or de Botton the "implausible supernatural element".

  6. Baptism - Wikipedia

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  7. Enumerative definition - Wikipedia

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    An enumerative definition of a concept or term is a special type of extensional definition that gives an explicit and exhaustive listing of all the objects that fall under the concept or term in question. Enumerative definitions are only possible for finite sets and only practical for relatively small sets.

  8. Compassion - Wikipedia

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    The definition of compassion is often confused with that of empathy. Empathy, as defined by researchers, is the visceral or emotional experience of another person's feelings. It is, in a sense, an automatic mirroring of another's emotion, like tearing up at a friend's sadness. Altruism is an action that benefits someone else. It may or may not ...

  9. Coefficient - Wikipedia

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    Terminology and definition. In mathematics, a coefficient is a multiplicative factor in some term of a polynomial, a series, or any expression.