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God's acre
noun
A cemetery, especially one next to a church
Etymology
Loan translation of German Gottesacker, from Gott (god) + Acker (field). The allusion is that the bodies of the dead are sown in the field in hope of resurrection.
Usage
"Mourning strangers also came to weep anniversary tears at another cheerless God's acre."
-- Frank Keating; Ask Not For Whom the Bell Tolls, It Tolls For These; The Guardian (London, UK); Sep 26, 2006.
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