Ne*crop"o*lis (?), n.; pl. Necropolises (#). [NL., fr. Gr. &?;; &?; a dead body, adj., dead + &?; city.] A city of the dead; a name given by the ancients to their cemeteries, and sometimes applied to modern burial places; a graveyard.

• a large cemetery, esp. one that is elaborately built in an ancient city