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
It was white-washed, covered with red tiles, and surrounded by a white-washed wall enclosing God's acre, in which so many slept the last long sleep.
From A Danish Parsonage by Vicary, John Fulford
Yet its very name is poetical, Savernake, i.e., savernesacre—like the God's acre of Longfellow.
From The Eulogy of Richard Jefferies by Besant, Walter, Sir
I like that ancient Saxon phrase, which calls The burial-ground God's acre!
From Stones of the Temple Lessons from the Fabric and Furniture of the Church by Field, Walter
The wind from the sea was blowing fresh and free over the village, and beyond it to the little churchyard, the God's acre of Northbourne.
From The Captain's Bunk A Story for Boys by Manwell, M. B.
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