churchyard

church·yard (c̸hʉrc̸h′yärd′)

noun

the yard or ground adjoining a church, often used as a place of burial

Converse of object

overlook: On either side of the door there were arched windows overlooking the churchyard.
occupy: Churchyard Whitford church occupies a large rectangular churchyard overlooking the Dee Estuary; the ground slopes naturally from west to east.
maintain: West Lindsey District Council have a responsibility to maintain some 16 closed churchyards.
surround: Your first view is of its south side, across a large churchyard surrounded by trees.
enter: Follow the path on the right after entering the churchyard and keep to the path beyond the far churchyard gate.
raise: It is sited within a raised circular churchyard which has been extended.

Adjective modifier

sub-circular: The remnants of a sub-circular churchyard are still apparent and this holds a number of interesting early memorials.
curvilinear: The distinctive remnants of a curvilinear churchyard are still to be seen within the later walled yard.
rectangular: Churchyard A rectangular churchyard, on level ground, on the east bank of the River Dee within the center of the village.
closed: Burial records for these closed churchyards are also the responsibility of the churches.
circular: It is sited within a raised circular churchyard which has been extended.
medieval: The cemetery can therefore be considered characteristic of the mixed burial of known medieval churchyards.

Modifies a noun

yew: The undergrowth of fantasy at Congresbury is a typical background for the churchyard yew.
morphology: Certainly both the dedication and the churchyard morphology point to an early medieval origin.
gate: There was also the head of an ancient effigy near the churchyard gate.
memorial: It contains a good range of 18thC and even earlier churchyard memorials and a 17thC lychgate.
wall: Now stands near the churchyard wall in a recess to the right of the entrance.
cross: The base of the churchyard cross, probably 10th or 11th century.

Noun used with modifier

parish: Lynne is buried in the parish churchyard at Eynsham, near Oxford.
village: In a village churchyard, just north of Ipswich, lie the remains of Thomas Clarkson.

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