burying ground
noun
a burial ground.
Origin of burying ground
1First 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 HarlandThe 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. WhiteFour neighbours carried the corpse on their shoulders to the burying-ground, following the imaum, who recited some prayers.
The Arabian Nights | UnknownKit Carson says truly that the Humboldt is the burying ground for horses and oxen.
Journal of a Trip to California by the Overland Route Across the Plains in 1850-51 | E. S. (Eleazer Stillman) Ingalls
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