Meanings
nounburying ground (plural burying grounds)
plural burying grounds · alternative burying-ground
- archaicA burial ground; a graveyard or cemetery.
[H]is lordſhip had changed his mind about going to Flanders, but expected to meet him, on ſuch a day and hour, in the burying-ground near Red-lion-ſquare.
1751, [Tobias] Smollett, “The memoirs of a lady of quality”, in The Adventures of Peregrine Pickle […], volume III, London: Harrison and Co., […], →OCLC, page 143
Synonyms & antonyms
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