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Definition of Lichgate
1. Noun. A roofed gate to a churchyard, formerly used as a temporary shelter for the bier during funerals.
Definition of Lichgate
1. Noun. (alternative spelling of lych-gate) ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Lichgate
1. a roofed churchyard gate [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Lichgate
Literary usage of Lichgate
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Rambles Round Eton and Harrow by ALFRED. RIMMER (1898)
"Many are the curious records that Lysons gives of the monuments and the inscriptions
lichgate, ... lichgate ..."
2. The History of the Ancient Parish of Waltham Abbey, Or Holy Cross by Williams Winters (1888)
"At the south-east entrance to the Churchyard, dividing the "Harp Inn" from the
author's own house, is the lichgate, perhaps the oldest existing relic of ..."
3. Gentleman's Magazine Library edited by George Laurence Gomme, Frank Alexander Milne, Lady A C Bickley, Mrs Alice Bertha Merck Gomme (1891)
"... it has recently lost much of its antique appearance, is still interesting on
account of its picturesque projecting gable, and the lichgate under it. ..."
4. A History of the Older Nonconformity of Wrexham and Its Neibourhood: Being by Alfred Neobard Palmer (1893)
"3 All the houses on the east side of Church Street belonged, during a great part
of last century, to Mr. Samuel Edwards, of the lichgate House, ..."
5. The Yorkshire Archaeological Journal by Yorkshire Archaeological Society (1903)
"The lichgate has been built of smaller and rougher stones than the chapel itself.
The roof has entirely disappeared, except three timbers. ..."
6. The Scottish Antiquary, Or, Northern Notes & Queries edited by Arthur Washington Cornelius Hallen, John Horne Stevenson (1889)
"The lichgate is common in Wales and in some parts of England yet, but is the name
elsewhere to be found in this sense in Scotland ? JAMES PRIMROSE, BROXBURN ..."
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