God's acre

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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

We walked about among the friends whom we had known who were resting in God's acre.

From Revisiting the Earth by Hill, James Langdon

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

So in God’s acre here they meet    As they have met above, Tasting beneath their Saviour’s feet    The treasures of His love.

From Old Times at Otterbourne by Yonge, Charlotte Mary

I even passed his garden unsuspectingly for a week, never dreaming that behind that rank of leafy, rustling poplars lay a veritable "God's acre" of loveliness and fragrance.

From Lucy Maud Montgomery Short Stories, 1905 to 1906 by Montgomery, L. M. (Lucy Maud)