POTTER'S FIELDS Synonyms: 20 Similar Words

potter's fields

noun

plural of potter's field

as in cemeteries

a piece of land used for burying the dead criminals and unidentified people are sometimes buried in a potter's field

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Under California’s Health and Safety Code, local governments can establish rules for burial, inurnment and entombment, as well as the maintenance of cemeteries, mausoleums and columbariums.

— Sacbee.com, Sacbee.com, 28 Oct. 2026
The initiative already has identified burial sites and cemeteries tied to 40 youth correctional institutions in 29 states, with more than 1,000 children identified to date, leaders said.

— Laura Bauer, Kansas City Star, 28 Oct. 2026

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Abrams focuses on 18th and 19th century headstones in remote yet picturesque graveyards in Vermont, and her viewers are drawn to her deep dives into the past that also touch on the dark nature of death and spirits.

— Kimberlee Kruesi, Fortune, 22 Oct. 2026
Some of these spooky spectacles incorporate lights that dance to music, animatronics that come to life and graveyards full of tombstones.

— Patrick Connolly, The Orlando Sentinel, 22 Oct. 2026

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