0 an area of land around a church, where dead bodies are buried
1 an area around a church, often where people are buried
I trembled and turned white, and thought of my father's grave in the churchyard, which I knew so well.
The churchyard is exceedingly pretty, and the church most interesting.
The clock was striking midday as they entered the churchyard.
There is some old glass in the windows, and a cross in the churchyard.
Large parts of the northern churchyard were destroyed in order to make space for the basements of the new building.
To a large extent the studies are connected with the church and churchyard.
Meanwhile, private commercial cemeteries prospered on the outskirts of major metropolitan areas even as the old churchyards were still being used.