churchyard Definition
church·yard (c̸hʉrc̸h′yärd′)
noun
the yard or ground adjoining a church, often used as a place of burial
churchyard Usage Examples
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
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