Lichyard

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    A graveyard. literary

    "The last sleep that my love slept Shall last till Judgment Day, In corner of the lichyard close, 'Neath drooping boughs of May."

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cemeterygraveyardnecropolis

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"The last sleep that my love slept Shall last till Judgment Day, In corner of the lichyard close, 'Neath drooping boughs of May."

Etymology

From lich (“corpse”) + yard.

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