burying ground

noun

1. a burial ground.

Word History and Origins

Origin of burying ground¹

First recorded in 1705–15

Example Sentences

A flight of steps led up to the burying-ground, several feet above the level of the walk.

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The Second Corps had moved out from the streets past the old burying-ground, and was near the gas-works.

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There are 12,000 Confederate soldiers in this picturesque burying-ground, and a granite pyramid has been raised to their memory.

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Four neighbours carried the corpse on their shoulders to the burying-ground, following the imaum, who recited some prayers.

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Kit Carson says truly that the Humboldt is the burying ground for horses and oxen.

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Related Words

• cemetery
• graveyard