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Definition of Churchyards
1. churchyard [n] - See also: churchyard
Lexicographical Neighbors of Churchyards
Literary usage of Churchyards
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Observations on the Popular Antiquities of Great Britain: Chiefly by John Brand, Henry Ellis (1900)
"He adds, " that they actually were made this ose of is extremely probable, from
those in the churchyards in East Kent (where there are some ..."
2. The British Quarterly Review by Robert Vaughan, Henry Allon (1878)
"An important limit is, however, imposed by the bill, inasmuch as all churchyards,
or parts thereof, which have been acquired by gifts, or voluntary ..."
3. Old West Surrey: Some Notes and Memories by Gertrude Jekyll (1904)
"In the older days, monuments in country churchyards, erected to the memory of
people of means and of some importance of standing, were specially designed by ..."
4. The Gardener's Magazine and Register of Rural and Domestic Improvement by J C Loudon (1843)
"The churchyard at Henbury near Bristol is an exception ; and one of the neatest
village churchyards I have ever seen is about two or three miles west of ..."
5. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine (1829)
"Chapter» on churchyards. Chap. XVIII. ... ON churchyards. CHAP. XVIII. The Grave
of the Broken Heart ..."
6. The Yew-trees of Great Britain and Ireland by John Lowe (1897)
"THE custom of planting yew in churchyards is a very old one, as is proved by a
statement of Giraldus Cambrensis, who visited Ireland in AD 1184, ..."
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