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lichgate — see lychgate … Modern English usage
Lichgate on High Road — Infobox nrhp name = Lichgate on High Road caption = locator x = 214 locator y = 147 location = Tallahassee, Florida USA lat degrees = 30 lat minutes = 27 lat seconds = 37 lat direction = N long degrees = 84 long minutes = 18 long seconds = 43… … Wikipedia
lichgate — /ˈlɪtʃgeɪt/ (say lichgayt) noun a roofed gate to a churchyard, under which a bier is set down to await the coming of the officiating member of the clergy. Also, lychgate. {lich (Old English līc) body, corpse + gate1} …
lichgate — noun a roofed gate to a churchyard, formerly used as a temporary shelter for the bier during funerals • Syn: ↑lychgate • Hypernyms: ↑gate … Useful english dictionary
lychgate lichgate — noun (C) a gate with a roof leading into the area surrounding a church … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
National Register of Historic Places listings in Leon County, Florida — Location of Leon County in Florida This is a list of the National Register of Historic Places listings in Leon County, Florida. This is intended to be a complete list of the properties and districts on the National Register of Historic Places in… … Wikipedia
Lychgate — [ Wing Church, Buckinghamshire.] A lychgate, also spelled lichgate, lycugate, or as two separate words lych gate, (from Old English lic , corpse) is a gateway covered with a roof found at the traditional entrance to a (British) churchyard.… … Wikipedia
St. Mary's Church, Fordingbridge — Listed in the Domesday Book in 1086 this is one of three ancient churches in our team, all dedicated to St. Mary. The Church was updated by the Normans around 1150 and would then have been an open space internally. The North Chapel and north and… … Wikipedia
lychgate — lych|gate lichgate [ˈlıtʃgeıt] n a gate with a roof leading into the area surrounding a church … Dictionary of contemporary English
like — I. /laɪk / (say luyk) preposition 1. similarly to; in a manner characteristic of: they lived like kings. 2. typical or characteristic of: an act of kindness just like him. 3. bearing resemblance to: he is like his father. 4. for example; as; such …
