Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Churchyard \Church"yard`\, n.
   The ground adjoining a church, in which the dead are buried;
   a cemetery.

         Like graves in the holy churchyard.      --Shak.

   Syn: Burial place; burying ground; graveyard; necropolis;
        cemetery; God's acre.

Source : WordNet®

churchyard
     n : the yard associated with a church [syn: {God's acre}]