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View synonyms for God's acre
God's acre
noun
- a cemetery, especially one adjacent to a church; churchyard.
God's acre
noun
- literary.a churchyard or burial ground
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Word History and Origins
Origin of God's acre1
1610–20; translation of German Gottesacker
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Word History and Origins
Origin of God's acre1
C17: translation of German Gottesacker
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Example Sentences
No animals were ever to be allowed to feed among the graves or to disturb the peace of Gods acre.
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They buried him in an obscure corner of the Gods Acre, with his head as near the highroad as possible.
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Gods Acre in this land and in this age is his holy of holies.
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Others again have been planted in Gods acre on account of the symbolical meaning attached to their form or nature.
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