God's Acre (German Gottesacker, lit. Field of God) is an ancient Germanic designation for a burial ground.
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Famous quotes containing the words god and/or acre:
“Where can ye saye in any manere age
That hye God defended mariage
By expres word? I praye you, telleth me.
Or where comanded he virginitee?”
—Geoffrey Chaucer (1340?–1400)
“Now would I give a thousand furlongs of sea for an acre of barren ground, long heath, brown furze, anything.”
—William Shakespeare (1564–1616)