churchyard

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)

churchyard
    n 1: the yard associated with a church [syn: {churchyard},
         {God's acre}]

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Churchyard \Church"yard`\, n.
   The ground adjoining a church, in which the dead are buried;
   a cemetery.
   [1913 Webster]

         Like graves in the holy churchyard.      --Shak.

   Syn: Burial place; burying ground; graveyard; necropolis;
        cemetery; God's acre.
        [1913 Webster]