˜yÐÄvlog

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lich gate

or lych gate

noun

  1. a roofed gate to a churchyard under which a bier is set down during a burial service to await the coming of the clergyman.

lich gate

/ ±ôɪ³Ùʃ /

noun

  1. a variant spelling of lych gate
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged†2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of lich gate1

First recorded in 1475–85
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But when they came to the lich gate then strode that one over the threshold of the gate but the cripple rolled in over it and straightway rose up a whole man.

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