God's acren.

Brit.

/ˌɡɒdz ˈeɪkə/, U.S.

/ˌɡɑdz ˈeɪkər/

Forms: 1600s Gods acre, 1600s Godsacre, 1600s Gods aker, 1600s 1800s God's acre.

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding; modelled on a German lexical item. Etymons: god n., acre n.

Etymology: < the genitive of god n. + acre n., after German Gottesacker, lit. ‘God's seed-field’ (late 15th or early 16th cent. as gotzacker), so called with reference to 1 Corinthians 15:36–44, which uses an image of the bodies of the departed sown like seeds in order to bear fruit at the time of resurrection. Compare Dutch godsakker (1588 in Kiliaan) and Middle Low German gōdesacker.

1. A churchyard.

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society > faith > artefacts > land > [noun] > churchyard

church townOE

churchyard?a1160

church hayc1175

kirkyardc1175

kirk-garth1298

purseynta1325

church hawc1330

sanctuary garth1412

procinct1422

precinctc1425

sanctuary1432

church-earth1449

church-littena1450

church garth1484

cemetery1485

church acre1596

God's acre1605

kirk shot1935

the world > life > death > disposal of corpse > burial > burial ground or cemetery > [noun]

littenc900

charnel1377

burying-place1382

fosse?a1425

churchyard1477

golgotha1604

God's acre1605

cemetery1613

burial-place1633

dormitory1634

burying-ground1711

burial-field1743

graveyard1767

burial-ground1803

burial-yard1842

boneyard1866

Boot Hill1901

necropole1921

memorial park1927

grave-site1953

1605 W. Leigh Christians Watch sig. F6 This is Dormitorium the house of sleepe; Or as the Germans call it Gods acre, wherein doe rest and are sowen the bodies of Gods Saints.

1617 F. Moryson Itinerary i. 7 They have (as many Cities in Germany have) a beautiful place to bury their dead, called Gods-aker, vulgarly Gotts-aker.

1646 J. Trapp Brief Comm. John xi. 11 The Greeks call their Church-yards dormitoryes, sleeping-places. The Germans call them Godsacre.

1841 H. W. Longfellow God's Acre in U.S. Mag. & Democratic Rev. Dec. 597 I like that ancient Saxon phrase, which calls The burial-ground ‘God's-acre’!

1862 G. A. Sala Accepted Addr. 219 That God's Acre looks, with its white and grey tombstones, so peaceful and so tranquil.

1907 Sat. Rev. 14 Sept. 338/1 An account of their nearness to God's acre.

1987 B. Bailey Churchyards of Eng. & Wales 20 Hence the common nickname ‘God's acre’.

2007 W. Regal & M. Nanut Walking Tours Vienna 104/2 Under Emperor Joseph II in 1784 all crypts, churchyards and so-called ‘God's acres’ in the city were closed down.

†2. figurative. A part of the soul set aside for God. Obsolete. rare.

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1667 R. Steele Antidote Against Distractions vii. 147 The heart is God's-Acre, the inclosure he keeps for his own walk and delight.

1668 R. Steele Husbandmans Calling x. §4. 251 Remember that the heart is Gods-acre, a place prepared for the Lord.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2014; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	gods acre
释义	God's acren. Brit. /ˌɡɒdz ˈeɪkə/, U.S. /ˌɡɑdz ˈeɪkər/ Forms: 1600s Gods acre, 1600s Godsacre, 1600s Gods aker, 1600s 1800s God's acre. Origin: Formed within English, by compounding; modelled on a German lexical item. Etymons: god n., acre n. Etymology: < the genitive of god n. + acre n., after German Gottesacker, lit. ‘God's seed-field’ (late 15th or early 16th cent. as gotzacker), so called with reference to 1 Corinthians 15:36–44, which uses an image of the bodies of the departed sown like seeds in order to bear fruit at the time of resurrection. Compare Dutch godsakker (1588 in Kiliaan) and Middle Low German gōdesacker. 1. A churchyard. ΘΚΠ society > faith > artefacts > land > [noun] > churchyard church townOE churchyard?a1160 church hayc1175 kirkyardc1175 kirk-garth1298 purseynta1325 church hawc1330 sanctuary garth1412 procinct1422 precinctc1425 sanctuary1432 church-earth1449 church-littena1450 church garth1484 cemetery1485 church acre1596 God's acre1605 kirk shot1935 the world > life > death > disposal of corpse > burial > burial ground or cemetery > [noun] littenc900 charnel1377 burying-place1382 fosse?a1425 churchyard1477 golgotha1604 God's acre1605 cemetery1613 burial-place1633 dormitory1634 burying-ground1711 burial-field1743 graveyard1767 burial-ground1803 burial-yard1842 boneyard1866 Boot Hill1901 necropole1921 memorial park1927 grave-site1953 1605 W. Leigh Christians Watch sig. F6 This is Dormitorium the house of sleepe; Or as the Germans call it Gods acre, wherein doe rest and are sowen the bodies of Gods Saints. 1617 F. Moryson Itinerary i. 7 They have (as many Cities in Germany have) a beautiful place to bury their dead, called Gods-aker, vulgarly Gotts-aker. 1646 J. Trapp Brief Comm. John xi. 11 The Greeks call their Church-yards dormitoryes, sleeping-places. The Germans call them Godsacre. 1841 H. W. Longfellow God's Acre in U.S. Mag. & Democratic Rev. Dec. 597 I like that ancient Saxon phrase, which calls The burial-ground ‘God's-acre’! 1862 G. A. Sala Accepted Addr. 219 That God's Acre looks, with its white and grey tombstones, so peaceful and so tranquil. 1907 Sat. Rev. 14 Sept. 338/1 An account of their nearness to God's acre. 1987 B. Bailey Churchyards of Eng. & Wales 20 Hence the common nickname ‘God's acre’. 2007 W. Regal & M. Nanut Walking Tours Vienna 104/2 Under Emperor Joseph II in 1784 all crypts, churchyards and so-called ‘God's acres’ in the city were closed down. †2. figurative. A part of the soul set aside for God. Obsolete. rare. ΚΠ 1667 R. Steele Antidote Against Distractions vii. 147 The heart is God's-Acre, the inclosure he keeps for his own walk and delight. 1668 R. Steele Husbandmans Calling x. §4. 251 Remember that the heart is Gods-acre, a place prepared for the Lord. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2014; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1605
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