God's acre

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This God's acre, where is traced indelibly in these rows of glorious stones the symbol of the spirit of this great country, and the record of the nation's sacrifice in the cause of freedom.

From Time Magazine Archive

I like that ancient Saxon phrase, which calls The burial ground, God's acre.

From Webster's Unabridged Dictionary by Webster, Noah

Only here and there in the unfenced churchyard rose a low mound to indicate where, as it were, a chance seed had been dropped into "God's acre."

From Little Tora, The Swedish Schoolmistress and Other Stories by Baker, Sarah S. (Sarah Schoonmaker)

God's acre, the folk of parts of Europe call the enclosure of their dead.

From A Pilgrim Maid A Story of Plymouth Colony in 1620 by Taggart, Marion Ames

So she and dear Beth are quietly asleep in God's acre, and we remember them more tenderly with each year that brings us nearer them and home.

From Louisa May Alcott : Her Life, Letters, and Journals by Alcott, Louisa May