lych-gate

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noun

A churchyard gateway with a roof, under which a corpse was laid during a funeral to await the arrival of the clergyman.

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lichyard churchyard charnel church-yard morthouse graveyard charnelhouse lair charnel house charnel-house chapel leichenhaus gatehouse sepulchre graveside chapel of rest

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