burial yard

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As a light rain coated the burial yard, some grasped hands as they gazed at the caskets and voiced the lyrics:

From New York Times • Nov. 11, 2017

To be sure this most historic of Moscow's ancient convents is no longer a convent, but its burial yard is still hallowed ground.

From Time Magazine Archive

Emerging, he crossed the burial yard, and found the good father returning heavily laden with the precious vessels and other objects he had been able to save.

From Alfgar the Dane or the Second Chronicle of Aescendune by Crake, A. D. (Augustine David)