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lych gate

lych gate is the alternative form 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 lych gate

What is lych gate the alternative form of?
Lych gate is the alternative form of lych-gate.

Words near lych gate in the dictionary

  1. Lyceus
  2. lych
  3. lych bell
  4. lych bells
  5. lych field
  6. lych gate
  7. lych way
  8. lych-field
  9. lych-gate
  10. lych-gates
  11. lych-house

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