union cemetery

== English == === Noun === union cemetery (plural union cemeteries) 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. (When capitalized as "Union Cemetery") An instance of such a cemetery, as for example Union Cemetery in Redwood City, California or Union Cemetery in Easton, Connecticut. (US, when capitalized as "Union cemetery", with "Union" in an attributive proper noun sense) A cemetery principally for the interment of Union soldiers in the American Civil War. === See also === union church union station