churchyard
IPA: tʃˈɝtʃjɑrd
noun
- A patch of land adjoining a church, often used as a graveyard.
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Examples of "churchyard" in Sentences
- It is surrounded by a churchyard.
- Both are buried in Burston churchyard.
- Bagley is buried in the parish churchyard.
- The churchyard is the burial place of the family.
- The reverend's boys were buried in the churchyard.
- The churchyard is surprisingly secluded and peaceful.
- Thomas Morley was buried in the churchyard of St Botolph Billingsgate.
- In the churchyard is one of the oldest gravestones in Cheshire, dated 1596.
- On the wall in the nave is a bier, used to carry the dead to the churchyard.
- A cross in the churchyard and the churchyard wall are also listed buildings.
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