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Definition of Churchyard
1. Noun. The yard associated with a church.
Definition of Churchyard
1. n. The ground adjoining a church, in which the dead are buried; a cemetery.
Definition of Churchyard
1. Noun. A patch of land adjoining a church, often used as a graveyard. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Churchyard
1. [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Churchyard
Literary usage of Churchyard
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Notes and Queries by Martim de Albuquerque (1858)
"“ The Lute,” in St. Paul's churchyard, H. Wellington, 1699. ‘4 King's Head,”in
the Old Baley, John Wright, 1657. overgrowing award, of some sort of burial ..."
2. A survey of London: Written in the Year 1598 by John Stow, William John Thoms (1876)
"Their common hall was in Paul's churchyard, on the south side, near unto a
carpenter's yard. This college was, with others, suppressed in the reign of ..."
3. English Writers: An Attempt Towards a History of English Literature by Henry Morley, William Hall Griffin (1893)
"churchyard liked to alliterate on title-pages with the "Ch " that began his name.
If his name had not been churchyard, he would not have called his pieces ..."
4. Dictionary of National Biography by LESLIE. STEPHEN (1887)
"In celebration of Elizabeth's progress of 1578, churchyard published ' A Discovrse
of the Queenes Maiesties entertainement in Suffolk and Norfolk . ..."
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