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God's acre

–noun
a cemetery, esp. one adjacent to a church; churchyard.

Origin:
1610–20; trans. of G Gottesacker
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God's acre   (gŏdz)
n.  A churchyard or burial ground.

[Translation of German Gottesacker : Gottes, genitive of Gott, god + Acker, field.]
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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God's acre

  1. n.
    a cemetery. : When I end up in God's acre, I want everything to go on without me.
Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
Copyright 2007. Published by McGraw Hill.
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