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noun
A churchyard gateway with a roof, under which a corpse was laid during a funeral to await the arrival of the clergyman.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Synonyms: resurrection gate
Antonyms: none provided
History
From lich (“corpse”) + gate.
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