burial ground Meaning & Definition

  • En [ ˈber.i.əl ˌɡraʊnd]
  • Us [ ˈber.i.əl ˌɡraʊnd]

Meaning of burial ground In English

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Examples of burial ground

  • Once a year the living held feasts in the burial ground, and invited the ghosts to share in the repast. 

  • The burial ground contains sixteen graves, which will give the annual percentage of mortality. 

  • The church is built on a lofty promontory, in the middle of a very large burial ground. 

  • They had no burial ground in the settlement, and he was laid to rest several miles from his home. 

  • To preserve the body from the wolves it was placed upon a scaffold, and then later carried to the borders of a lake, on the border of which was the burial ground of the family. 

  • A related factor in selecting a fresh site had to do with the burial ground in the old homestead.

  • They prevented any person who looked poor from entering the burial ground.

  • I understand that a parish may have its burial ground in another parish.

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