A churchyard. (Cf. church-litten, n.)
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释义 | the world > life > death > disposal of corpse > burial > burial ground or cemetery > [noun] (47) littenc900 A churchyard. (Cf. church-litten, n.) charnel1377 †(a) A burial-place, cemetery. Obsolete. (b) A mortuary chapel, a charnel house. burying-place1382 A place of burial, a tomb; now usually = burying-ground, n. fosse?a1425 A deep, wide-mouthed hollow or excavation; a hole, a pit. Also: a place of burial or sacrifice, a grave. rare and poetic or historical in later use. churchyard1477 A burial ground not belonging to a Christian church; a cemetery; a graveyard. Now rare. golgotha1604 A place of interment; a graveyard, charnel house. God's acre1605 A churchyard. cemetery1613 A place, usually a ground, set apart for the burial of the dead. A burial-ground generally; now esp. a large public park or ground laid out expressly… burial-place1633 A place of burial; a place, as a vault, church, piece of ground, etc., set apart for the interment of the dead; a burying-place. dormitory1634 A resting-place for the dead; a cemetery, vault, grave. Obsolete. burying-ground1711 A place for burial; a churchyard, graveyard, cemetery. burial-field1743 graveyard1767 A burial-ground. burial-ground1803 A piece of ground set apart as devoted to the regular interment of the dead; a burying-ground, cemetery. burial-yard1842 burial-ground, grave-yard. boneyard1866 slang. A cemetery, a graveyard. Boot Hill1901 a graveyard or cemetery (originally jocular of a frontier cemetery, in allusion to its occupants' dying with their boots on); frequently attributive. necropole1921 A burial ground, cemetery. Cf. necropolis, n. memorial park1927 a cemetery. grave-site1953 Subcategories:— churchyards (10) — old or prehistoric (1) — in or near city (1) — native American (1) — for the war dead (3) — for poor or strangers (1) — subterranean (7) — aisle in church (2) — for domestic pets (1) |
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