churchyard
The churchyard of Vepriai, Lithuania
Meaning
Noun
- A patch of land adjoining a church, often used as a graveyard.
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Origin
- From Middle English churchyard, chirch-ȝerd, chircheȝerd (also kirk-ȝerd, kirkeyard > English kirkyard), equivalent to church + yard. Compare also Middle English kurk-garth, kyrkgarth, kirrkegærd, from Old Norse kirkjugarðr. Replaced Middle English chirchetoun from Old English ċiriċtūn (churchtown).
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