Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A yard adjacent to a church, especially a cemetery.
- noun The ground on which a church stands.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The ground or yard adjoining a church; especially, such a piece of ground used for burial; hence, any graveyard belonging to a church.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun The ground adjoining a church, in which the dead are buried; a cemetery.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun A patch of land adjoining a church, often used as a
graveyard .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun the yard associated with a church
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Examples
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Arching over the entrance to the churchyard is an amazing piece of artwork.
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The view from the churchyard is inviting, since the church is built on top of a small hill.
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In Zacatepec, Mexico, the gate to the churchyard is for pedestrian access only.
In Zacatepec, Mexico, the gate to the churchyard is for pedestrian access only. © Julia Taylor, 2008 2008
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Outside of the main churchyard was a little enclosed area, probably ear-marked for new resting places.
Unexpected Alphabets No 4 Peter Ashley 2008
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The view from the churchyard is inviting, since the church is built on top of a small hill.
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The churchyard is lined with milagro vendors, and no trip to the Basilica is the same without buying up at least a few.
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The churchyard is lined with milagro vendors, and no trip to the Basilica is the same without buying up at least a few.
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One of my best-beloved churchyards I call the churchyard of St. Ghastly Grim; touching what men in general call it, I have no information.
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One of my best beloved churchyards, I call the churchyard of Saint
The Uncommercial Traveller Charles Dickens 1841
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Bolivian President Morales says army, police officials in contact with CIA; offers no proof Teenage girl decapitated 700 years ago reburied in English churchyard Hood not so good?
chicagotribune.com - 2009
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