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lych gate

/ lɪtʃ /

noun

  1. a roofed gate to a churchyard, formerly used during funerals as a temporary shelter for the bier
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Word History and Origins

Origin of lych gate1

C15: lich, from Old English līc corpse
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Example Sentences

A quiet, peaceful spot it is, entered by a lych-gate and surrounded by a small "God's acre."

Look to it: him that is last at the lych-gate Sir Daniel shall reward.

They passed the lych-gate of the churchyard, and then, following a sudden impulse, Radmore turned into the post-office.

Then we went up to the cemetery on the hill, with that beautiful lych-gate you were so fond of.

Her back was turned to the village and to the lych-gate, and she was looking up at poor Eustace's bug-bear—the barn-like chancel.

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