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churchyard
[church-yahrd]
noun
the yard or ground adjoining a church, often used as a graveyard.
churchyard
/ ˈʃɜːʃˌɑː /
noun
the grounds surrounding a church, usually used as a graveyard
Word History and Origins
Origin of churchyard1
Example Sentences
The Jackal's forgery of a British passport, using the name of a dead child taken from a churchyard, was perfectly feasible in the days before electronic databases and cross-checking.
Others can be found in places as diverse as housing estates, urban parks, village greens and churchyards.
A low mound near the churchyard was rumoured by folklore to have contained a giant skeleton, perhaps even Ivar himself.
He pointed to the churchyard, where a memorial stone commemorates six Ukrainian soldiers killed in the battle for Lypivka.
During the day in Mekele, for instance, hyenas mostly stay hidden in remaining forest patches outside the city and around churchyards.
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