Burying-ground
a burial ground.
Historical Examples
The Chronicle of the Canons Regular of Mount St. Agnes Thomas a Kempis
The Prehistoric World E. A. Allen
At Home And Abroad Margaret Fuller Ossoli
When Grandmamma Was New Marion Harland
The Skeleton On Round Island Mary Hartwell Catherwood
West Wind Drift George Barr McCutcheon
The Life of Nancy Sarah Orne Jewett
To Cuba and Back Richard Henry Dana
Fairy Tales Every Child Should Know Various
The London Pulpit J. Ewing Ritchie
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