burying ground

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noun
  1. a burial ground.

Origin of burying ground

1
First recorded in 1705–15

Words Nearby burying ground

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How to use burying ground in a sentence

  • A flight of steps led up to the burying-ground, several feet above the level of the walk.

    Alone | Marion Harland
  • The Second Corps had moved out from the streets past the old burying-ground, and was near the gas-works.

    The Boys of '61 | Charles Carleton Coffin.
  • There are 12,000 Confederate soldiers in this picturesque burying-ground, and a granite pyramid has been raised to their memory.

    The Blue and The Gray | A. R. White
  • Four neighbours carried the corpse on their shoulders to the burying-ground, following the imaum, who recited some prayers.

  • Kit Carson says truly that the Humboldt is the burying ground for horses and oxen.