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 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.
Only here and there in the unfenced churchyard rose a low mound to indicate where, as it were, a chance seed had been dropped into "God's acre."
From Little Tora, The Swedish Schoolmistress and Other Stories by Baker, Sarah S. (Sarah Schoonmaker)
The Sun-land behind the hillocks of the God's acre, behind the pest-cloud of Death, is covered by a complete, an impenetrable darkness of twelve inches, or of as many holy nights.
From The Campaner Thal and Other Writings by Jean Paul
A quiet, peaceful spot it is, entered by a lych-gate and surrounded by a small "God's acre."
From The Strand Magazine, Volume V, Issue 28, April 1893 An Illustrated Monthly by Newnes, George
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