Meanings
nounkirkyard (plural kirkyards)
plural kirkyards
- ScotlandA churchyard, especially one in Scotland.
It stands in the kirkyard only six miles from the battle site […]
2011, Norman Davies, Vanished Kingdoms, Penguin, published 2012, page 601 more example
The chapel reappears, however, along with the surrounding kirkyard, in 1593.
1856, James Pagan, Glasgow, Past and Present, Vol.2, published 1884, page 471
Synonyms & antonyms
Origin
From kirk + yard. Cognate with Danish kirkegård, Faroese kirkjugarður, Icelandic kirkjugarður, Norwegian Bokmål kirkegård, Norwegian Nynorsk kyrkjegård, and Swedish kyrkogård.
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