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church⋅yard

  [church-yahrd]
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–noun
the yard or ground adjoining a church, often used as a graveyard.
Origin:
1125–75; ME chirche yeard; see church, yard 2
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church·yard   (chûrch'yärd')   
n.  

  1. A yard adjacent to a church, especially a cemetery.

  2. The ground on which a church stands.

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