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GOD'S ACRE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does God's acre mean?
• GOD'S ACRE (noun)
The noun GOD'S ACRE has 1 sense:
1. the yard associated with a church
Familiarity information: GOD'S ACRE used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
The yard associated with a church
Classified under:
Nouns denoting spatial position
Synonyms:
Hypernyms ("God's acre" is a kind of...):
yard (a tract of land enclosed for particular activities (sometimes paved and usually associated with buildings))
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