God's acre
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of God's acre
1610–20; translation of German Gottesacker
Example Sentences
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This God's acre, where is traced indelibly in these rows of glorious stones the symbol of the spirit of this great country, and the record of the nation's sacrifice in the cause of freedom.
From Time Magazine Archive
The old doctor used to say it was God’s acre for the living; the old doctor would have his joke.
From At the Crossroads by Comstock, Harriet T. (Harriet Theresa)
So she and dear Beth are quietly asleep in God's acre, and we remember them more tenderly with each year that brings us nearer them and home.
From Louisa May Alcott : Her Life, Letters, and Journals by Alcott, Louisa May
There was the little God's acre along the road which we passed every day.
From Soldier Silhouettes on our Front by Stidger, William L. (William Le Roy)
For it stood on a knoll, whence the ground sloped down to the Tochty, and it lay with God's acre round it in the shining of the sun.
From Kate Carnegie and Those Ministers by Maclaren, Ian
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