churchyard Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun the yard associated with a church
    God's acre.

WordNet

Church"yard` noun
Definitions
  1. The ground adjoining a church, in which the dead are buried; a cemetery.
    Like graves in the holy churchyard. Shak.
    Syn. -- Burial place; burying ground; graveyard; necropolis; cemetery; God's acre.

Webster 1913