The enclosed piece of ground around a church, a churchyard. Obsolete.
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释义 | the world > life > death > disposal of corpse > burial > burial ground or cemetery > [noun] > churchyards (10) church townOE The enclosed piece of ground around a church, a churchyard. Obsolete. churchyard?a1160 The enclosed piece of consecrated ground in which a church stands, formerly almost universally used as a burial ground for the parish or… church hayc1175 A churchyard. Cf. church haw, n. church hawc1330 A churchyard. Cf. church hay, n. church-earth1449 a churchyard. church-littena1450 A churchyard; = litten, n. spiritualitiesa1470 In plural. Ecclesiastical precincts; consecrated ground. Obsolete. rare. church garth1484 A churchyard. Cf. kirk-garth, n. church acre1596 an acre of agricultural land belonging to a church. yard1792 Contextually = churchyard, n., graveyard, n. |
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