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lych-house /ˈlɪtʃhaʊs /(also lich-house) noun archaicA building in which dead bodies are kept until burial or cremation.He had the corpse brought up and laid in his lych-house....- He thought the lych-house, at the entrance of the cemetery, a most necessary building, and one which should be provided in all instances.
- Then came the mournful detail - Six Bearers with staves and planks sent off to bring the Stranger - my Lych House cleared and a plank or two laid to receive the dead.
Origin Middle English: from Old English līc 'body' + house. |