lich gate

American  

Or lych gate

noun

1. a roofed gate to a churchyard under which a bier is set down during a burial service to await the coming of the clergyman.

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lich gate British  

/ lɪtʃ /

noun

1. a variant spelling of lych gate

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Etymology

Origin of lich gate

First recorded in 1475–85

Example Sentences

But when they came to the lich gate then strode that one over the threshold of the gate but the cripple rolled in over it and straightway rose up a whole man.

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