View synonyms for burying ground

burying ground

noun

First recorded in 1705–15

A flight of steps led up to the burying-ground, several feet above the level of the walk.

The Second Corps had moved out from the streets past the old burying-ground, and was near the gas-works.

There are 12,000 Confederate soldiers in this picturesque burying-ground, and a granite pyramid has been raised to their memory.

Four neighbours carried the corpse on their shoulders to the burying-ground, following the imaum, who recited some prayers.

Kit Carson says truly that the Humboldt is the burying ground for horses and oxen.

April 23, 2024inveterate

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