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churchyard

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church·yard  (chûrchyärd)
n.
1. A yard adjacent to a church, especially a cemetery.
2. The ground on which a church stands.
churchyard
Noun
the grounds round a church, used as a graveyard
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.churchyardchurchyard - the yard associated with a church
God's acre
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"
Translations
Spanish churchyard [ˈtʃəːtʃjɑːd] n → cementerio, camposanto
French churchyard [ˈtʃəːtʃjɑːd] church n → cimetière m
German churchyard [ˈtʃəːtʃjɑːd] church n → Friedhof m
Italian churchyard [ˈtʃəːtʃjɑːd] n → sagrato
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When he spoke of the figure that the boy saw in the churchyard he called it 'a woman in white.
The Woman in White by Collins, Wilkie View in context
So when he came to the churchyard Sir Arthur alit and tied his horse to the stile, and so he went to the tent and found no knights there, for they were at the jousting, and so he handled the sword by the handles, and lightly and fiercely pulled it out of the stone, and took his horse and rode his way until he came to his brother Sir Kay, and delivered him the sword.
English Literature For Boys And Girls by Marshall, H.E. View in context
In that corner of the churchyard,' said the old gentleman, after a silence of a few moments, 'in that corner of the churchyard of which I have before spoken, there lies buried a man who was in my employment for three years after this event, and who was truly contrite, penitent, and humbled, if ever man was.
The Posthumous Papers Of The Pickwick Club by Dickens, Charles View in context
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