Churchyard

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Churchyard \Church"yard`\, n.
     The ground adjoining a church, in which the dead are buried;
     a cemetery.
     [1913 Webster]
  
           Like graves in the holy churchyard.      --Shak.


  
     Syn: Burial place; burying ground; graveyard; necropolis;
          cemetery; God's acre.
          [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  churchyard
       n : the yard associated with a church [syn: {God's acre}]