CHURCHYARD
NOUNS
► CHURCH-EARTH a churchyard → 1449 obs.
► CHURCH GARTH a churchyard → 1484
► CHURCH-HATCH the gate to a churchyard → 1615 chiefly Eng. dial.
► CHURCH-HAW a churchyard → 1330 obs.
► CHURCH-HAY a churchyard → 1175 obs.
► CHURCH-LITTEN a churchyard or burial ground → 1450 chiefly Eng. dial.
► GOD’S ACRE a churchyard → 1844
► MOLE-COUNTRY the churchyard → 1893 Eng. dial.
► SANCTUARY a churchyard, cemetery; a piece of consecrated ground; the precincts of a church → 1432-50 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
► SANCTUARY GARTH a churchyard, cemetery; a piece of consecrated ground; the precincts of a church → 1412-13 obs.
► YARD a churchyard → 1865 Sc. & Eng. dial.
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