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lyke gate

lyke 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 lyke gate

What is lyke gate the alternative spelling of?
Lyke gate is the alternative spelling of lych-gate.

Words near lyke gate in the dictionary

  1. lyingly
  2. lyings
  3. lyings-in
  4. lyk
  5. lyke
  6. lyke gate
  7. lyke-gate
  8. lyke-wake
  9. lyke-wakes
  10. lykegate
  11. lykes

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