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 Stones of the Temple Lessons from the Fabric and Furniture of the Church by Field, Walter

At last the hill-top was reached, crowned by the little church, with "God's acre" all around.

From With our Fighting Men The story of their faith, courage, endurance in the Great War by Sellers, William Edward

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

It was white-washed, covered with red tiles, and surrounded by a white-washed wall enclosing God's acre, in which so many slept the last long sleep.

From A Danish Parsonage by Vicary, John Fulford