God's acre

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God's acre (g

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A churchyard or burial ground.

[Translation of German Gottesacker : Gottes, genitive of Gott, god + Acker, field.]

God's acre

(Christianity / Ecclesiastical Terms) Literary a churchyard or burial ground

[translation of German Gottesacker]

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God's acre - the yard associated with a church

churchyard

yard - a tract of land enclosed for particular activities (sometimes paved and usually associated with buildings); "they opened a repair yard on the edge of town"

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burial ground cemetery churchyard graveyard necropolis yard			The manual suggests occasional community or sponsored evenings to make floodlighting more of a special occasion and calls for a revival of the God's Acre tradition of churchyard management, using more of the land to provide havens for wildlife and plants. Let There Be a Little Less Light by Spirituality & Health Magazine The guide also calls for a revival of the God's Acre tradition of churchyard management, using more of the land to provide havens for wildlife and plants. Church's light relief to save the world by guardian.co.uk / guardian.co.uk You can even stay aboard and do nothing, but I suggest you get out and see the world if you have never seen that portion of God's acre before. Cruises for Fun and Excitement by Graeme Ramsey / Travel, recreation and leisure community			goblet cell goblet-shaped goblin Gobline Goblinize gobo gobs gobshite gobsmacked Gobstick gobstopper goby GOC gocart god God Almighty God and Gods God knows how God man god moves in a mysterious way god of war God speed God speed you God tree God you see God's acre God's house God's penny God's Sunday God's Will God's Wisdom God-awful god-botherer god-fearing God-forsaken Godard Godavari godchild goddam goddamn goddamn(ed) goddamned Goddard Goddard Robert Hutchings goddaughter goddess Gode Godefroy de Bouillon Godel Gödel Godel Kurt			God Save the King God Save the Queen God Save the Queen God Save the Queen God Save the Queen God Save the Queen God Save the Queen (song) God Save the Queen/King God speed God speed you God Street Wine God takes soonest those he loveth best God That Sucked God the Holy Ghost God the Holy Ghost God the Holy Spirit God the Holy Spirit God tree God Verdomme God Walking Amongst Mere Mortals God What an Awful Racket God Will Provide God willing God Willing and the Creek Don't Rise God Willing and the Creek Don't Rise God Willing, Weather Permitting God you see God's God's God's God's acre God's Anointed Now Generation God's Bible School God's Child Project God's Child Project International God's Child Project North Central God's Child Project South Central God's Chosen Operating System God's Chosen Warriors God's Country Astronomical Society God's eye view God's Gift God's Gift to Women God's Gonna Cut You Down God's Gonna Cut You Down God's Green Earth God's Greetings God's house God's in his heaven; all's right with the world God's Kingdom God's Kingdom God's Learning Channel God's Love And Mercy God's Love We Deliver God's mercy God's mercy God's mercy God's Only Son Provides Eternal Life God's Own Country God's Own Country

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