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medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture 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 ********************************************************************** To join the list, send the message: join medieval-religion YOUR NAME to: [log in to unmask] To send a message to the list, address it to: [log in to unmask] To leave the list, send the message: leave medieval-religion to: [log in to unmask] In order to report problems or to contact the list's owners, write to: [log in to unmask] For further information, visit our web site: http://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/lists/medieval-religion.html