enceinte

These labours upon Phœnician necropoli are of great importance. … M. [Louis Félicien] de Saulcy, one of the first travellers who has thrown light upon these necropoli, devoted himself to a very interesting examination of the tombs of the kings, of the prophets and judges, and upon the immense necropolis that surrounds Jerusalem, like a funeral enceinte.

The suburbs are not unfrequently larger than their enceinte.