单词 | God's acre |
释义 | God's acre [ad. G. Gottesacker, Du. Godsakker. Properly, ‘God's seed-field’, in which the bodies of the departed are ‘sown’ (1 Cor. xv. 36–44) in hope of the resurrection.] A churchyard.
1617Moryson Itin. i. 7 They have (as many Cities in Germany have) a beautiful place to bury their dead, called Gods⁓aker, vulgarly Gotts-aker. 1646Trapp Comm. John xi. 11 The Greeks call their Church-yards dormitoryes, sleeping⁓places. The Germans call them Godsacre. [1668R. Steele Husbandman's Calling x. (1672) 251 Remember that the heart is God's acre, a place prepared for the Lord.] 1841Longfellow God's-acre, I like that ancient Saxon phrase which calls The burial-ground God's-acre. 1862Sala Accepted Addr. 219 That God's Acre looks, with its white and grey tombstones, so peaceful and so tranquil. |

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