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Meaning of "lichgate" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF LICHGATE

ˈlɪtʃɡeɪt


GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF LICHGATE

noun
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determiner
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Lichgate is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES LICHGATE MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Lychgate

A lychgate, also spelled lichgate, lycugate, or as two separate words lych gate, is a gateway covered with a roof found at the entrance to a traditional English or English-style churchyard.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH LICHGATE

billingsgate · circumnavigate · congregate · conjugate · delegate · derogate · elongate · gait · gate · investigate · liftgate · Margate · mitigate · navigate · negate · obligate · propagate · tailgate · Watergate · Wingate

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE LICHGATE

lichanos · lichee · lichen · lichen-like · lichened · lichenin · lichenism · lichenist · lichenoid · lichenological · lichenology · lichenose · lichenous · Lichfield · lichi · licht · Lichtenstein · lichtly · lichwake · lichway

WORDS THAT END LIKE LICHGATE

agate · aggregate · AND gate · climategate · corrugate · exclusive OR gate · frigate · Harrogate · in the aggregate · interrogate · legate · lychgate · moss agate · ploughgate · Ramsgate · segregate · starting gate · subrogate · surrogate · variegate

Synonyms and antonyms of lichgate in the English dictionary of synonyms

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Translation of «lichgate» into 25 languages

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «LICHGATE»

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Instrumenta Ecclesiastica: Edited by the Ecclesiological ...
IRONWORK A LITANY-DESK OAK LETTERN . SEDILIA EAGLE LETTERN CHURCHYARD-CROSS HEAD-STONES . IRONWORK . CHURCH-ORATE PARCL0SE BIER COFFIN-LIDS LICHGATE LICHGATE . PLATE L— AN OAK GRAVE ...
‎1847
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The Gentleman's Magazine Library: Being a Classified ...
Portam quae vocatur Lichgate. — Ibid., 26. 1 122. March 8. The town of Gloucester was burned while the monks where singing their mass; then came the fire on the upper part of the steeple and burned all the monastery and all the treasures ...
George Laurence Gomme, Frank Alexander Milne, A. C. Bickley, 1894
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Transactions and Proceedings
As shown on this plan, the lichgate has two gate entrances—the wider opening was until recently only used at funerals. On these occasions the coffin was placed under the cover of the lichgate, and the funeral procession waited outside the ...
Birmingham Archaeological Society (Birmingham, England)., 1907
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Gentleman's Magazine Library: Bedfordshire. Berkshire. ...
... its antique appearance, is still interesting on account of its picturesque projecting gable, and the lichgate under it. Church houses standing, as this does, within churchyards, if originally built for the residence of chantry priests, or of the  ...
‎1891
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Transactions
As shown on this plan, the lichgate has two gate entrances—the wider opening was until recently only used at funerals. On these occasions the cofiin was placed under the cover of the lichgate, and the funeral procession waited outside the ...
Birmingham and Warwickshire Archaeological Society, 1906
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The History of the Ancient Parish of Waltham Abbey, Or Holy ...
At the south.east entrance to the Churchyard, dividing the "Harp Inn" from the author's own house, is the Lichgate, perhaps the oldest existing relic of domestic architecture connected with the Abbey. The folding gates themselves are of no ...
Williams Winters, 1888
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Our parish registers; being 300 years of curious local ...
(6) And again on January 7th, conducted by Mr H. W. Haley. Later notices of bell ringing appear in the belfry. " Ye hallowed bells, whose voices through the air, The awful summons of afflictions bear." THE LICHGATE AT CHURCHYARD, S.E.  ...
William Winters, 1885
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Chambers's Journal of Popular Literature, Science and Arts
The lichgate (that is, corpse-gate, from Saxon lie, a dead body) is another feature of much interest. This is more frequent in Devonshire and Wales than in other parts of the kingdom, though most counties have some examples. In Scotland ...
‎1893
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Sacred archæology: a popular dictionary of ecclesiastical ...
LICHGATE LIGHT. 351 miniatures, rich borders, and initials in colour, and burnished gilding, were called illuminators. Licence of Marriage. An episcopal dispensation permitting a marriage to be solemnized without publication of banns , dating ...
Mackenzie Edward Charles Walcott, 1868
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English Topography
... and the lichgate under it. Church houses standing, as this does, within churchyards, if originally built for the residence of chantry priests, or of the parochial clergy, were no doubt consecrated " ad opus ecclesiae," and repaired by the lords of ...
George Laurence Gomme, 1891

8 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «LICHGATE»

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Take a trip 'Across the Universe' at FSU
The concert is set to have two live shows this upcoming Saturday and Sunday at the old Lichgate cottage located on High Road. Saturday's ... «Florida Flambeau, Apr 15»
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Tallahassee summer survival guide
It can be anything from being a volunteer gardener at the Lichgate site to serving food at the homeless shelter. Before you press play on Netflix ... «Florida Flambeau, Apr 15»
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Jim White on Packway project: 'We're a musical odd couple'
No smoking and alcoholic drinks are allowed at Lichgate. PASS THE BISCUIT, PLEASE: The roadhouse will be rockin' when Biscuit Miller ... «Tallahassee.com, Apr 15»
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Community events, Oct. 26-Nov. 1
Sprouting and Layered Salads: Instructor Phoenix Minklei is the garden manager at the gardens of Lichgate for Damayan Garden Project. «Tallahassee.com, Oct 14»
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Exhibits, Sept. 19-26
Sage, A Restaurant: "Lichgate Oak and Other Paintings," oil paintings by Jennifer Clinard. Through Oct. 5. 3534 Maclay Blvd. S., 270-9396, ... «Tallahassee.com, Sep 14»
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Exhibits, Sept. 12-18
Sage, A Restaurant: "Lichgate Oak and Other Paintings," oil paintings by Jennifer Clinard. Through Oct. 5. 3534 Maclay Blvd. S., 270-9396, ... «Tallahassee.com, Sep 14»
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Here are five (OK, eight) things you should do in Tallahassee
Lichgate on High Road: Step through the Lichgate and enter the realm of a fairy-tale creation, a curiosity out of time and place. This English ... «Tallahassee.com, Aug 14»
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From the Mercury archives: November 15, 1963
The meaning of 'Lich' in Middle English is sorpse, dead body: that is the first element in 'lichgate', the gate of the cemetery, where the bier and ... «Lichfield Mercury, Nov 13»
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