God's acre
Example Sentences
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This God's acre, where is traced indelibly in these rows of glorious stones the symbol of the spirit of this great country, and the record of the nation's sacrifice in the cause of freedom.
From Time Magazine Archive
The whole countryside was inches deep in snow when they buried him in the little God's acre that clings to the side of the hill at the point where the roads diverge.
From Windyridge by Riley, W.
I like that ancient Saxon phrase, which calls The burial ground, God's acre.
From Webster's Unabridged Dictionary by Webster, Noah
God's acre was silent, but for the rustling of the autumn leaves of the weeping willows.
From Legends of the Rhine by Ruland, Wilhelm
The law allowed to every corporation its religiosus locus, its God's acre, property seldom confiscated even in the worst hours of the great persecutions.
From Rome by Malleson, Hope
