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Definition of Burying ground
1. Noun. A tract of land used for burials.
Specialized synonyms: Potter's Field
Generic synonyms: Land Site, Site
Lexicographical Neighbors of Burying Ground
Literary usage of Burying ground
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Gentleman's Magazine (1824)
"St. John Zachary, was situate the corner of Noble-street, now a burying-ground.
St. Lawrence Pountney, was situate on Lawrence Pountney-hill, ..."
2. The New England Historical and Genealogical Register by Henry Fritz-Gilbert Waters (1850)
"MALDEN BURYING-GROUND. Boston, 26th April, 1849. MR. ... This is the oldest
burying ground in Maiden, and tradition says, that many of the inhabitants of ..."
3. The Pennsylvania Magazine of History and Biography by Historical Society of Pennsylvania (1885)
"INSCRIPTIONS IN THE UPPER GERMANTOWN BURYING-GROUND. ... MD As a supplement to
the History of the Upper Germantown Burying-Ground, printed in the last ..."
4. The Innocents Abroad; Or, The New Pilgrim's Progress: Being Some Account of by Mark Twain (1884)
"ONE of our pleasantest visits was to Pere la Chaise, the national burying-ground
of France, the honored resting- place of some of her greatest and best ..."
5. Gentleman's Magazine Library edited by George Laurence Gomme, Frank Alexander Milne, Lady A C Bickley, Mrs Alice Bertha Merck Gomme (1904)
"St. Leonard Foster-lane, was situate on the West side of Foster-lane, late a
burying-ground, part of the site of the intended Post- office. ..."
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