churchyard

CEFRB1

/ˈt͡ʃɝt͡ʃ.jɑɹd/

noun

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  1. 01

    noun

    An area of land around a church, often used for graves.

  2. 02

    noun

    Extra detail

    A patch of land adjoining a church, often used as a graveyard.

Examples

  • The faster the mouse, the bigger the churchyard.

  • 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.

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Sits at B1 on the CEFR scale

Senses
2
Parts of speech
1
Citations
2
Synonyms
1

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Origin

noun

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 (“churchyard; graveyard”). Replaced Middle English chirchetoun from Old English ċirictūn (churchtown).