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Thank you, Susan! This is exactly what I was looking for, though the
legal use cited below wouldn't apply to land owned by a church or
monastery.
Cf. OED, s.v. 'waste' (n.):
"2. A piece of land not cultivated or used for any purpose, and
producing little or no herbage or wood. In legal use spec. a piece of
such land not in any man's occupation, but lying common."
BTW, neither 'Driesch' nor 'aire' signifies a churchyard.
Best again,
John Dillon
On Monday, June 13, 2005, at 5:33 am, you wrote (quoting me):
> <<But does English have
> some conventional term of art whose significance is that of Fr.
> "aire"and Ger. "Driesch"? >>
>
> The closest I can think of is 'waste'. In modern English, we use
> 'wasteland' as a generic, but the term 'waste' survives in places.
> For example, part
> of the road out of the City of London towards Stoke Newington is
> still called
> The Waste. I am not aware of its being used in connexion with
> churchyards
> however; but I am no scholar in these matters.
>
> Susan, retreating to lurkdom
> Susan Ryley Hoyle
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