churchyard
/ˈtʃəːtʃjɑːd
/noun
An enclosed area surrounding a church, especially as used for burials.I don't know what the statistics are, but a large proportion of people are buried in churchyards in cemeteries, and even, these days, in some other sites in the country....
- The churchyard is not enclosed and is used as a main route through the town centre.
- There were an estimated 80,000 graves in the churchyard dating back to the early 1700s.
Synonyms
graveyard, cemetery, necropolis, burial ground, burial place, burying place, burying ground, garden of remembrance;
Scottish kirkyard;
North American memorial park
informal boneyard
literary golgotha
historical urnfield
archaic God's acre, potter's field