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churchyard
1 ENTRIES FOUND:
churchyard
(noun)
churchyard
/
ˈ
tʃɚtʃˌjɑɚd/
noun
plural
churchyards
churchyard
/
ˈ
tʃɚtʃˌjɑɚd/
noun
plural
churchyards
Britannica Dictionary definition of CHURCHYARD
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a piece of land that belongs to and is usually close to a church and that is often used as a place to bury people
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