MEANING
The ground adjoining a church, often used as a burial ground.
Use it for
Religious buildings and their grounds, parish burials, threshold spaces.Connect a grave to an active parish and its surrounding daily life.
Words that belong together
- parish churchyard
- churchyard wall
- churchyard graves
On the page
Children took a shortcut through the churchyard.
The oldest churchyard graves had sunk below the grass.
A notice on the churchyard gate announced repairs to the roof.
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Word forms
- Base
- churchyard
Usage notes
Primary category: gothic. It can include non-burial land; not all churchyards contain graves. Plural churchyards.
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