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• Lych Gate —    The word lych, derived from the Anglo Saxon lie, or the German leiche, means a body, especially a dead body, a corpse. The term lych gate is the old name given to a churchyard gate with a porch or covering, under which a bier may be rested… …   American Church Dictionary and Cyclopedia

• lych-gate — or lych gate also lich gate (lĭchʹgāt ) n. A roofed gateway to a churchyard used originally as a resting place for a bier before burial.   [Middle English lycheyate: lyche, corpse, body (from Old English līc. See līk + …   Universalium

• lich gate — a roofed gate to a churchyard under which a bier is set down during a burial service to await the coming of the clergyman. Also, lych gate. Also called resurrection gate. [1475 85] * * * lich gate «lihch», a roofed gate to a churchyard, under… …   Useful english dictionary

• (St.) Augustine's Gate —    Leading out of St. Paul s Churchyard at the south east corner to Watling Street (Leake, 1666).    First mention: Gate of St. Augustine, 1282 (Cal. P.R. Ed. I. 1281 2, p. 24). St. Augustine s Gate, 1305 (Cal. L. Bk. C. p. 198). St. Paul s Gate …   Dictionary of London

• (St.) Paul's Gate —    Identical with St. Augustine s Gate (q.v.).    First mention: S. Paul s Gate, 1369 (Ct. H.W. II. 131).    A gate on the east side of the Churchyard giving access through the Churchyard …   Dictionary of London

• (St.) Paul's Churchyard —    A street extending west from Cheapside and Cannon Street to Ludgate Hill on the north south, west and east sides of the Cathedral (P.O. Directory).    First mention: Cimiteno sive vico regio vocato Pawles chirchehawe juxta portam Sancti Pauli …   Dictionary of London

• Moses Gate Country Park — Bolton MBC sign at Crompton Lodges Type public park and nature reserve Location Moses Gate, Farnworth, England …   Wikipedia

• lych-gate — also lich gate noun Etymology: Middle English lycheyate, from lich body, corpse (from Old English līc) + gate, yate gate Date: 15th century a roofed gate in a churchyard under which a bier rests during the initial part of the burial service …   New Collegiate Dictionary

• Lich gate — Lich Lich (l[i^]ch), n. [AS. l[=i]c body. See {Like}, a.] A dead body; a corpse. [Obs.] [1913 Webster] {Lich fowl} (Zo[ o]l.), the European goatsucker; called also {lich owl}. {Lich gate}, a covered gate through which the corpse was carried to… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• lich gate — a roofed gate to a churchyard under which a bier is set down during a burial service to await the coming of the clergyman. Also, lych gate. Also called resurrection gate. [1475 85] * * * …   Universalium

• Cheapside Gate —    Proposal to enlarge Cheapside Gate and Temple Bar, 1664 (L. and P. Chas. II. III. p. 549).    The position of the Gate is not indicated. Perhaps it opened into St. Paul s Churchyard …   Dictionary of London