Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A churchyard or burial ground.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A burial-ground.
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- noun poetic A
Christian place ofburial ; achurchyard .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun the yard associated with a church
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
[Translation of German Gottesacker : Gottes, genitive of Gott, god + Acker, field.]
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