churchyard
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3.5
- noun
- /ˈtʃɜːrʧjɑːrd/
:
cementerio de la iglesia
- The dead of the town are buried in the churchyard or in small family plots.
- churchyard cemetery
Paul's Church was, and the Saint Paul churchyard near the border of Wales and Delafield where where we lived, where we had our house, where I grew up.
- Paul's Church was, and the Saint Paul churchyard near the border of Wales and Delafield where where we lived, where we had our house, where I grew up.
Examples
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Then they buried her in unhallowed ground, probably outside the churchyard walls.
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You're not afraid to cross the churchyard alone, are you?
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We found the remains, buried in the churchyard.
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On this side of the lake, he can see the churchyard, where he will soon be resting.
Academic text (1996) -
A tree stood by the gate to the churchyard, and Margery stopped and placed her hand on the trunk.
Fiction book (1993) -
Mr. Pecksniff, being out walking by himself, took it into his head to stray into the churchyard.
Academic text (2010) -
Caz and Chris carry record cases through the churchyard to the nearby sidestreet.
Fiction book (1991) -
We are in a churchyard by Wall Street; a thunderstorm is brewing as five o'clock rolls around.
Academic text (2009) -
Some days later, they found Tony's grave in the churchyard near Benjie’s weekend cottage in Suffolk.
Fiction book (1998) -
We found the remains, buried in the churchyard.
Synonyms
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2.8
A place where people are buried, often with headstones
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1.8
A place where people are buried after they die
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3.9
A place where people are buried, like a cemetery
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3.7
A place where people bury their dead
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6.1
An area of land with graves for dead people, like a cemetery
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9.9
A yard next to a church with graves, often in Scotland or Northern England
A piece of land by a church used for burying people
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Etymology
Churchyard is simply made of church and yard, where yard comes from an old English idea of an 'enclosed ground' and is the same idea as a backyard. So a churchyard is the enclosed ground next to a church, often used as a 'place for graves'.