churchyard

[ church-yahrd ]

/ ˈtʃɜrtʃˌyɑrd /

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noun

the yard or ground adjoining a church, often used as a graveyard.

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Origin of churchyard

1125–75; Middle English chirche yeard;see church, yard²

Words nearby churchyard

church visible, churchward, churchwarden, churchwoman, churchy, churchyard, churchyard beetle, churidars, churinga, churl, churlish

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How to use churchyard in a sentence

A chronicler in Rochester, Kent, wrote that parents brought their children’s corpses to mass churchyard graves upon their own shoulders because no one could be found to cart away bodies.
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It’s not hard to imagine a young Hugh Grant rushing through the churchyard in a morning suit and mumbling apologies for being late again.
The Country Gentleman of Physics - Issue 100: Outsiders|Michael Brooks|May 12, 2021|Nautilus
Ray gave Jay a shell, then stepped onto a small, rickety carousel in the comer of the churchyard and loaded up.
The Stacks: The Judas Priest Teen Suicide Trial|Ivan Solotaroff|June 28, 2014|DAILY BEAST
I leaned out of the window but recoiled with disgust, for the young man with the pasty face stood below in the churchyard.
Read ‘The King in Yellow,’ the ‘True Detective’ Reference That’s the Key to the Show|Robert W. Chambers|February 20, 2014|DAILY BEAST

As I turned, my listless glance included the man below in the churchyard.
Read ‘The King in Yellow,’ the ‘True Detective’ Reference That’s the Key to the Show|Robert W. Chambers|February 20, 2014|DAILY BEAST
In the Chartist riots of 1839, the people tore up the railings round the churchyard to use as pikes.
Showell's Dictionary of Birmingham|Thomas T. Harman and Walter Showell
The churchyard was partly surrounded by houses, and in 1781 "iron pallisadoes" were affixed to the wall.
Showell's Dictionary of Birmingham|Thomas T. Harman and Walter Showell
In 1837 the churchyard had some pleasant walks along the sides, bounded by a low wooden fence, and skirted with trees.
Showell's Dictionary of Birmingham|Thomas T. Harman and Walter Showell
Inscription copied, Nov. 21, 1833, from a tombstone to a fisherman in Bathford churchyard.
Notes and Queries, Number 177, March 19, 1853|Various
He even thought of silk and St. Paul's Churchyard and the faces of his partners in business.
Three More John Silence Stories|Algernon Blackwood

British Dictionary definitions for churchyard

churchyard

/ (ˈtʃɜːtʃˌjɑːd) /

noun

the grounds surrounding a church, usually used as a graveyard

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