Churchyard

Noun

1. A patch of land adjoining a church, often used as a graveyard.
• 1907, w, The Dust of Conflict Chapter 1, They said nothing further, but tramped on in the growing darkness, past farm steadings, into the little village, through the silent churchyard where generations of the Pallisers lay, and up the beech avenue that led to Northrop Hall.

Synonyms

• (graveyard) see also .

Derived terms

• churchyard cough