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lich gate
or lych gate
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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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Also called resurrection gate.
Origin of lich gate
First recorded in 1475–85
Words nearby lich gate
lichenification, lichenin, lichenology, lichenous, Lichfield, lich gate, lichi, lich stone, licht, Lichtenstein, licit
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