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.
Churl (?), n. [AS. ceorl a freeman of the lowest rank, man, husband; akin to D. karel, kerel, G. kerl, Dan. & Sw. karl, Icel. karl, and to the E. proper name Charles (orig., man, male), and perh. to Skr. jāra lover. Cf. Carl, Charles's Wain.] 1. A rustic; a countryman or laborer. "A peasant or churl." Spenser.
Your rank is all reversed; let men of cloth
Bow to the stalwart churls in overalls.
Emerson.