Usually means: Graveyard adjacent to a church.
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  1. kirkyard: Merriam-Webster
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  3. kirkyard: Collins English Dictionary
  4. Kirkyard, kirkyard: Wordnik
  5. kirkyard: Wiktionary
  6. Kirkyard: Dictionary.com
  7. Kirkyard: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  8. kirkyard: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  9. Kirkyard: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  10. kirkyard: FreeDictionary.org
  11. Kirkyard: TheFreeDictionary.com

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▸ noun:  (chiefly Scotland) A churchyard, especially one in Scotland.

Similar:
kirkman, kirk, yaird, Auld Kirker, Kirkist, Cantyre, kailyarder, inch, Auld Kirk, Querry, more...

Opposite:
graveyard, cemetery

Phrases:
Greyfriars Kirkyard, more...

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Similar:
kirkman, kirk, yaird, Auld Kirker, Kirkist, Cantyre, kailyarder, inch, Auld Kirk, Querry, more...

Opposite:
graveyard, cemetery

Phrases:
Greyfriars Kirkyard, more...



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