单词 | church garth |
释义 | church garthn. Chiefly English regional (northern) and U.S. A churchyard. Cf. kirk-garth n. ΘΚΠ society > faith > artefacts > land > [noun] > churchyard church townOE churchyard?a1160 church hayc1175 kirkyardc1175 kirk-garth1298 purseynta1325 church hawc1330 sanctuary garth1412 procinct1422 precinctc1425 sanctuary1432 church-earth1449 church-littena1450 church garth1484 cemetery1485 church acre1596 God's acre1605 kirk shot1935 the world > life > death > disposal of corpse > burial > burial ground or cemetery > [noun] > churchyards church townOE churchyard?a1160 church hayc1175 church hawc1330 church-earth1449 church-littena1450 spiritualitiesa1470 church garth1484 church acre1596 yard1792 1484–6 Churchwardens' Accts. Wigtoft, Lincs. in J. Nichols Illustr. Antient Times Eng. (1797) 80 Paide to Will'm Whelpdale, fremason, for makyng of the crosse in ye chirchrth. 1570 P. Levens Manipulus Vocabulorum sig. Ciii/1 A Churchgarth, cœmiterium. 1602 in J. Barmby Churchwardens' Accts. Pittington (1888) 136 For mending the churchgarth yeats, 6d. 1787 F. Grose Provinc. Gloss. at Garth A church-garth, a church-yard. 1851 Notes & Queries 1st Ser. 3 380/2 The term God's Acre as applied to a Church-garth. 1885 W. H. Smith Walks in Weardale (rev. ed.) 151 He seean maade his way tud churchgarth whaur he stud aside t'graave fer a lang, lang time. 1908 W. T. Palmer Eng. Lakes (ed. 2) xii. 154 A green mound in the church garth covered my aged dame. 2008 St. Louis (Missouri) Post-Dispatch (Nexis) 9 July Mr. Pomeroy's cremated remains will be interred in the church garth. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2011; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1484 |
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