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 of burial; a churchyard.

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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