lych-gate
noun
ˈlich-ˌgāt 
variants or less commonly lich-gate
: a roofed gate in a churchyard under which a bier rests during the initial part of the burial service
Word History
Etymology
Middle English lycheyate, from lich body, corpse (from Old English līc) + gate, yate gate
First Known Use
15th century, in the meaning defined above
- discipleship
- discipleships
- disciplinable
- disciplinal
- disciplinant
- disciplinants
- disciplinarian
- disciplinarians
- disciplinarily
- disciplinarities
- disciplinarity
- disciplinary
- disciplinary barracks
- disciplinatory
- discipline
- disciplined
- discipliner
- discipliners
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- discipling
- disciplining
- discipular
- discissions
- disclaim
- disclaimed