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lich gate

lich gate is the alternative spelling of lych-gate.

Meaning of lych-gate

Noun

lych-gate (plural lych-gates)

  1. A churchyard gateway with a roof, under which a corpse was laid during a funeral to await the arrival of the clergyman.
    • If you take the turn to the left, after you pass the lyke-gate at Combehurst Church, …1851, Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell, The Moorland Cottage, HTML edition, Project Gutenburg, published 2004

Questions about lich gate

What is lich gate the alternative spelling of?
Lich gate is the alternative spelling of lych-gate.

Words near lich gate in the dictionary

  1. Licerio
  2. Licerios
  3. licey
  4. lich
  5. lich field
  6. lich gate
  7. lich king
  8. lich kings
  9. lich lord
  10. lich lords
  11. lich wake

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