单词	lychgate
释义	lychgate /ˈlɪtʃɡeɪt / (also lichgate) noun A roofed gateway to a churchyard, formerly used at burials for sheltering a coffin until the clergyman’s arrival.Coun Liddington has been raising money for a new war memorial at the lychgate at Sherston church for villagers who died in the Second World War and in Northern Ireland.... One monument that has already benefited is the lychgate at All Saints Church, Crudwell. The church itself is usually surrounded by its graveyard, in which might be found a lychgate, cross, anchorage, bell tower, school, and a priest's house. Origin Late 15th century: from Old English līc 'body' + gate1.
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