- God's acre
- noun Date: 1617 churchyard
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God's acre
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God's Acre — is the traditional name given to the graveyards of Congregations of the Moravian Church. The first was at Herrnhut Saxony in Germany, the Moravian Mother Congregation. The name comes from the symbolic gesture of the bodies of the Moravian dead… … Wikipedia
God's acre — Acre A cre, n. [OE. aker, AS. [ae]cer; akin to OS. accar, OHG. achar, Ger. acker, Icel. akr, Sw. [*a]ker, Dan. ager, Goth. akrs, L. ager, Gr. ?, Skr. ajra. [root]2, 206.] 1. Any field of arable or pasture land. [Obs.] [1913 Webster] 2. A piece of … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
God's acre — God God (g[o^]d), n. [AS. god; akin to OS. & D. god, OHG. got, G. gott, Icel. gu[eth], go[eth], Sw. & Dan. gud, Goth. gup, prob. orig. a p. p. from a root appearing in Skr. h[=u], p. p. h[=u]ta, to call upon, invoke, implore. [root]30. Cf.… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
God's acre — n. a burial ground, esp. one in a churchyard … English World dictionary
God’s acre — n. a cemetery. □ When I end up in God’s acre, I want everything to go on without me. □ They’re planting somebody new in God’s acre … Dictionary of American slang and colloquial expressions
God's acre — God s′ a′cre n. a churchyard • Etymology: 1610–20; trans. of G Gottesacker … From formal English to slang
God's acre — archaic a churchyard. → God … English new terms dictionary
God's acre — a cemetery, esp. one adjacent to a church; churchyard. [1610 20; trans. of G Gottesacker] * * * … Universalium
God's acre — noun A Christian place of burial; a churchyard … Wiktionary
god's acre — graveyard of a church, cemetery … English contemporary dictionary
