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lykegate

lykegate 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 lykegate

What is lykegate the alternative spelling of?
Lykegate is the alternative spelling of lych-gate.

Words near lykegate in the dictionary

  1. lyke
  2. lyke gate
  3. lyke-gate
  4. lyke-wake
  5. lyke-wakes
  6. lykegate
  7. lykes
  8. lyketh
  9. lykewake
  10. lykewakes
  11. lykewalk

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