God's acre

as in cemetery
a piece of land used for burying the dead was laid in rest in God's acre, with a comforting view of the river he loved so much

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Noun
  • Flag placement event at national cemetery Fort Rosecrans National Cemetery hosts a flag placement event at 8 a.m. May 24 at the cemetery, 1700 Cabrillo Memorial Drive, and volunteers are needed to place flags on gravesites.
    Linda Mcintosh, San Diego Union-Tribune, 16 May 2025
  • Social media sleuths also discovered Walters had poached at least two other deer from the cemetery.
    Alex Robinson, Outdoor Life, 15 May 2025
Noun
  • At the beginning of the century, archaeologists in a town just outside Paris discovered an ancient graveyard.
    Irene Wright, Miami Herald, 30 Apr. 2025
  • The common trap of entrepreneurial distraction The business graveyard is filled with brilliant ideas that never reached their potential because their creators abandoned them too quickly.
    Jodie Cook, Forbes.com, 30 Apr. 2025
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“God's acre.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/God%27s%20acre. Accessed 23 May. 2025.

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