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Definition of Graveyards
1. graveyard [n] - See also: graveyard
Lexicographical Neighbors of Graveyards
Literary usage of Graveyards
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Lion and Dragon in Northern China by Reginald Fleming Johnston (1910)
"CHAPTER XI FAMILY graveyards NOT the most unobservant visitor to China can fail
to notice the ubiquity of graveyards. In Western countries one is usually ..."
2. The Journal of the Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland by Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland (1892)
"THE graveyards OF THE GREAT ISLAND. BY JAMES COLEMAN. one, at least, of the two
graveyards of the Great Island is not to bo classed with that most ..."
3. Notes and Queries by Martim de Albuquerque (1861)
"on the subject of the perishing memorials of the dead in the numerous churches
and graveyards of our country, are especially applicable in the case of large ..."
4. Nantucket Scraps: Being the Experiences of an Off-islander, in Season and by Jane Goodwin Austin (1882)
"graveyards. N most idle and imaginative natures there is a certain ghoulish
instinct which leads them to frequent graveyards, and find therein certain ..."
5. A History of the National Capital from Its Foundation Through the Period of by Wilhelmus Bogart Bryan (1914)
"The early custom of graveyards about the church building found examples in the
... Family graveyards in the vicinity of the houses were not uncommon, ..."
6. The American in Paris by John Sanderson (1847)
"... buried there—The aristocracy of the grave—Monument of Foy —Inscription—graveyards
in cities and towns—French regulations for the inhumation of the dead. ..."
7. Journal of the Straits Branch of the Royal Asiatic Society by Royal Asiatic Society of Great Britain and Ireland Straits Branch (1907)
"List of graveyards of the Late Sultans of the State of Perak, ... of the late
Sultans and the situation of their respective graveyards are as follows : 1. ..."
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