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lich gate
noun
- 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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Word History and Origins
Origin of lich gate1
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Example Sentences
At the entrance to the graveyard is the lich-gate and mortuary, where many wrecked seamen were taken for burial.
She referred to the thick, solid, stone wall enclosing the grounds, and the beautiful lich-gate that stood over the entrance.
By a little judicious elbowing, Dorothy managed to secure a place where she had a tolerable view of the path and the lich-gate.
As we came to the bend I threw a glance over my shoulder, to see four figures that I knew standing without the lich-gate.
Nothing remained save a delicate fragrance of violets under the lich-gate, beneath which she had passed.
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