churchyard
pronunciation
How to pronounce churchyard in British English:
UK [ˈtʃɜ:tʃjɑ:d]
How to pronounce churchyard in American English:
US [ˈtʃɜrtʃjɑrd]
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- Noun:
- the yard associated with a church
Word Origin
- churchyard (n.)
- early 12c., from church + yard (n.1).
Example
- 1. For my part , I 'd still opt to end my days in an english churchyard rather than a californian refrigerator .
- 2. Only 15 years ago , in the neglected old st pancras churchyard in london , you could read the stone , set up in 1811 , of
- 3. In many a country churchyard , few pre-1800 stones of any interest are legible ; epitaphs were usually carved more shallowly than the names of the dead .
- 4. Originally , this graveyard was established as an unconsecrated graveyard for ' single women , ' a euphemism for prostitutes and was known as the ' single woman 's churchyard ' .
- 5. Then she sang one more song , so sweet and so sad that it made death think of his garden in the churchyard , where he always liked best to be .