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Definition of Kirkyard
1. n. A churchyard.
Definition of Kirkyard
1. Noun. (Scotland) A churchyard. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Kirkyard
1. a churchyard [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Kirkyard
Literary usage of Kirkyard
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Proceedings of the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland by Society of Antiquaries of Scotland (1905)
"56 kirkyard Monuments at Aberfoyle and Callander, Perthshire, . ... 78 Inscription
on Tomb at Strathblane, . . . .79 kirkyard Monument at Drymen, . ..."
2. The Poets and Poetry of Scotland: From the Earliest to the Present Time by James Grant Wilson (1876)
"... kirkyard. And aye when I think on thae times lang gano by, Saft thoughts soothe
my soul, and sweet tears dim my eye, And I see the auld man, ..."
3. One Hundred Modern Scottish Poets: With Biographical and Critical Notices by David Herschell Edwards (1893)
"O saft is our tread in the auld kirkyard, As we draw near our dead in the anhl
kirkyard ; A half-whispered word or a look o' regard Our thoughts rise ahove ..."
4. Songs and Ballads of Clydesdale by A. Nimmo (1882)
"But, for Jesus' sake, look in mercy down! CARNWATH kirkyard. 0 ! WHAT a quiet
spot is Carnwath kirkyard, What a dear spot to me is Carnwath kirkyard; ..."
5. One Hundred Modern Scottish Poets: With Biographical and Critical Notices by David Herschell Edwards (1893)
"0 saft is our tread in the auld kirkyard. As we draw near our dead in the auld
kirkyard ; A half-whispered word or a look o' regard Our thoughts rise above ..."
6. Publications by Dorset Record Society, Ohio Civil War Centennial Commission, Ohio Historical Society (1896)
"Inscription upon a gravestone in the kirkyard of Cumbernauld, published in the
Caledonian Mercury of Edinburgh. O hold me not, my mother earth, ..."
7. The Battle of Langside MDLXVIII by Alexander Malcolm Scott (1885)
"THE DEIL'S kirkyard. HERE were the Langside dead buried? There is an old tradition
in the parish to the effect that they, being papists, were not allowed ..."
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