Churchyard
['tʃɜːtʃjɑːd] or ['tʃɝtʃ'jɑrd]
Definition
(n.) The ground adjoining a church, in which the dead are buried; a cemetery.
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Synonyms and Synonymous
n. Burying-ground, burial-ground, graveyard, cemetery, necropolis.
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Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:Buryingground, burial_place, cemetery, God's_acre, necropolis, graveyard
Edited by Ahmed
Unserious Contents or Definition
To dream of walking in a churchyard, if in winter, denotes that you are to have a long and bitter struggle with poverty, and you will reside far from the home of your childhood, and friends will be separated from you; but if you see the signs of springtime, you will walk up in into pleasant places and enjoy the society of friends. For lovers to dream of being in a churchyard means they will never marry each other, but will see others fill their places.
Editor: Xenia
Examples
- Looking back as I turned into the front garden, I saw Mr. Murdstone leaning against the wicket of the churchyard, and Mr. Quinion talking to him. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
- Near the churchyard, and in the middle of a garden, stood a well-built though small house, which I had no doubt was the parsonage. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
- They had passed the hill above the churchyard, when Lady Glyde insisted on turning back to look her last at her mother's grave. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- How she hated walking up the churchyard path, along the red carpet, continuing in motion, in their sight. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- There is no such thing as getting a quiet word spoken in the church or churchyard. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- Churchyard, indeed! Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
- Far as the shore was, the sound of the surf swept over the intervening moorland, and beat drearily in my ears when I entered the churchyard. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- At the great iron gate of the churchyard he stopped and looked in. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- We walked about the churchyard for an hour, after all was over; and pulled some young leaves from the tree above my mother's grave. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
- The bottom of the oldest grave about him was not more still and quiet than the churchyard in the pale moonlight. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- Now, when we come to St Paul's churchyard,' pursued Eugene, 'we'll loiter artfully, and I'll show you the schoolmaster. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- For a wife I have but the maniac upstairs: as well might you refer me to some corpse in yonder churchyard. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
- And there really was a churchyard outside under some cloisters, for I saw the gravestones from the staircase window. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- She had been walking in the churchyard, too, very early; and she got into the cart, and sat in it with her handkerchief at her eyes. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
- His nearest way lay through the churchyard. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- It was probably one of the rude crosses not uncommon in churchyards in this county. Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
- I'll walk about a little while you're here, churchyards being not at all in my way, whatever they may be in yours. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
Editor: Martin