kirkyard

English

Etymology

From kirk +‎ yard. Cognate with Danish kirkegård, Faroese kirkjugarður, Icelandic kirkjugarður, Norwegian Bokmål kirkegård, Norwegian Nynorsk kyrkjegård, and Swedish kyrkogård.

Pronunciation

  • (Scotland) IPA(key): /ˈkɪɹkjaɹd/
  • (UK) IPA(key): /ˈkəːkjɑːd/

Noun

kirkyard (plural kirkyards)

  1. (chiefly Scotland) A churchyard, especially one in Scotland.
    • 1856, James Pagan, Glasgow, Past and Present, Vol.2‎[1], published 1884, page 471:
      The chapel reappears, however, along with the surrounding kirkyard, in 1593.
    • 2011, Norman Davies, Vanished Kingdoms, Penguin, published 2012, page 60:
      It stands in the kirkyard only six miles from the battle site […]

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