burying ground
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of burying ground
First recorded in 1705–15
Example Sentences
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Jack Gary, Colonial Williamsburg’s director of archaeology, said rectangular patterns of soil discoloration show the location of the burials in what is almost certainly the church’s old burying ground.
From Washington Post ● Jul. 16, 2021
Archaeologists think Sutton Hoo was also a burying ground for the royal’s relatives, who were laid to rest in about 17 other mounds near the presumed king.
From National Geographic ● Jan. 29, 2021
Investigators eventually removed the remains of 27 people — five men, eight women and 14 children — from 28 graves in what scholars discovered was an old burying ground called the Walton Family Cemetery.
From Washington Post ● Jul. 31, 2019
Great-granddaddy of the presidential-preference laws that survive today in 15 states and the District of Columbia, Wisconsin's primary also became the country's biggest burying ground for the hopes of hopefuls.
From Time Magazine Archive
At the burying ground, there were many new graves.
From "The Birchbark House" by Louise Erdrich
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