lych-gate
lych-gate · lych-gates
Friedhofstor, überdachter Kirchhofseingang
A churchyard gateway with a roof, under which a corpse was laid during a funeral to…A churchyard gateway with a roof, under which a corpse was laid during a funeral to await the arrival of the clergyman.
Meaning
1 sensesA churchyard gateway with a roof, under which a corpse was laid during a funeral to await the arrival of the clergyman.
Friedhofstor, überdachter Kirchhofseingang
Translations
2 languagesDeutsch
By meaning 1
churchyard gateway:
Origin
From lich (“corpse”) + gate.From lich (“corpse”) + gate.
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