Mount Auburn Cemetery in Cambridge, Massachusetts, was created in over 72 acres of verdant lands in response to public health concerns surrounding the unsanitary conditions of burial grounds. The cemetery was so popular, it inspired a wave of rural cemeteries around the country, and the public flocked to them not just to mourn, but to enjoy the landscape, to picnic, and more.
Historically, churches had opposed cremation, partly because of the religious belief that the body could ultimately be resurrected. As corporeal resurrection became less theologically and emotionally exigent, the representational power of putting a dead body in ground from which it would rise again incorruptible diminished; cremation—in a sense the rapid release of a spirit from its fleshly prison—became more plausible.
Now, the most straightforward answer on where one can bury ashes of the deceased, according to experts, is: it depends, but the meme was definitely not accurate. Some cemeteries may have done so as well, say Catholic cemeteries where for decades […] cremation was prohibited. Today, the difference between graveyards and cemeteries is non-existent. Historical differences existed between churchyards and cemeteries that gradually went away in modern day usage.
The interment of ashes is also dependent on the rituals of the community the burial site is tied to. A graveyard is an area of land, often next to a church, where people are buried. During the Middle Ages, wealthy or otherwise influential Christians were generally interred inside a church after they died, often in a crypt beneath the floor.
Less wealthy congregants were buried outside in the churchyard, and that section came to be known as the graveyard. This practice continued for many centuries. By the early 19th century, population growth was rapid. Church graveyards filled up, and there was a need for new burial grounds. Looking beyond the religious aspect, there are visual differences.
It comes from the old French cemetery, a well-designed cemetery. The French word comes from Greek, however, which means a place to sleep. A graveyard is a spot where, when they die, people are buried. Graveyards, usually located on church premises, are associated with a church. They seem to be smaller because of the limits of their land and are often more chosen, just friends or adherents of their faith and often only church members buried in the tomb.
There is a very clear etymology behind the term graveyard. After all, it is a yard or parking lot occupied by graves or tombs. A reasonably simple or direct derivation of the cemetery is the area of funeral or grave chambers. Language is much fluid than many people do. The significance of worse changes over time to accommodate changes in the way people use them. So although at various points in human history, cemetery and tomb were initially distinct terms, today, the differences are a lot subtler.
In the end, the sense should be sufficiently obvious to everyone you want to talk with, whichever phrase you choose—the ones who manage the arrangements until your death in particular. Just like many churches have stringent requirements over the faiths of people interred there, they may have particular requirements about headstones in church-owned graveyards.
Headstones are typically required to be made of granite or natural stone. Churches typically demand that stone be uncolored and unpolished and discourage elaborate memorials. Even headstone inscriptions are regulated to ensure that they adhere to Christian values. You may also want to ensure your next of kin knows about cleaning a headstone. Cemeteries, on the whole, have much fewer restrictions when it comes to headstones.
You can go as simple or as over the top as you want. Language is a lot more fluid than a lot of people realize. Over time, the meanings of worse change to accommodate changes in the way people use them.
So while cemetery and graveyard were originally distinct words coined at different times in human history, these days the distinctions are a lot more subtle.
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