Synonyms for
Churchyard
Definition
A churchyard is a piece of land, often surrounding a church, where dead people are buried.
Synonyms & similar words
Example sentences
- I saw beautiful flowers in the churchyard.
- The churchyard was peaceful and quiet.
- We walked through the old churchyard.
- Many historical figures are buried in the churchyard.
- The churchyard is a sacred place for many people.
Quotes
The churchyard is the poor man's university. - Thomas Carlyle
The dead are always looking down on us, they say. While we are putting on our shoes or making a sandwich, they are looking down through the glass-bottomed boats of heaven as they row themselves slowly through eternity. They watch the tops of our heads moving below on earth, and when we lie down in a field or on a couch, drugged perhaps by the hum of a long afternoon, they think we are looking back at them, which makes them lift their oars and fall silent and wait, like parents, for us to close our eyes. - Billy Collins
The churchyard is the place where the bones of the dead are laid under the grass. - Gilbert Chesterton