God’s Acre
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God’s Acre is a traditional term, especially used by Moravian and some Protestant communities, for a church-owned burial ground regarded as consecrated resting place for the dead.
All labels observed (4)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| God’s-Acre | 2 |
| Gods Acre | 1 |
| God’s Acre canonical | 1 |
| Massa's in de Cold Ground | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1969268 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: God’s Acre Context triple: [God’s Acre Cemetery, Bethany, West Virginia, namedAfter, God’s Acre]
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A.
The Happy Hunting-Grounds
The Happy Hunting-Grounds is a travel and adventure book by Kermit Roosevelt recounting his experiences and observations during expeditions in the American West.
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B.
God’s Gardeners
God’s Gardeners is a fictional eco-religious sect devoted to environmental stewardship and survivalism in Margaret Atwood’s MaddAddam trilogy.
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C.
The Harvest
The Harvest is an Impressionist painting by Camille Pissarro depicting rural agricultural laborers working in the fields.
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D.
De Gemeene Gratie
De Gemeene Gratie is a major theological work by Abraham Kuyper that develops his doctrine of “common grace,” explaining how God’s grace operates in all of culture and society, not only within the church.
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E.
The Blessed Unrest
The Blessed Unrest is a 2013 pop and singer-songwriter album by Sara Bareilles that features introspective lyrics and piano-driven melodies, including the hit single "Brave."
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: God’s Acre Target entity description: God’s Acre is a traditional term, especially used by Moravian and some Protestant communities, for a church-owned burial ground regarded as consecrated resting place for the dead.
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A.
The Happy Hunting-Grounds
The Happy Hunting-Grounds is a travel and adventure book by Kermit Roosevelt recounting his experiences and observations during expeditions in the American West.
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B.
God’s Gardeners
God’s Gardeners is a fictional eco-religious sect devoted to environmental stewardship and survivalism in Margaret Atwood’s MaddAddam trilogy.
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C.
The Harvest
The Harvest is an Impressionist painting by Camille Pissarro depicting rural agricultural laborers working in the fields.
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D.
De Gemeene Gratie
De Gemeene Gratie is a major theological work by Abraham Kuyper that develops his doctrine of “common grace,” explaining how God’s grace operates in all of culture and society, not only within the church.
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E.
The Blessed Unrest
The Blessed Unrest is a 2013 pop and singer-songwriter album by Sara Bareilles that features introspective lyrics and piano-driven melodies, including the hit single "Brave."
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (35)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
burial ground
ⓘ
cemetery ⓘ religious site ⓘ |
| associatedWithDenomination |
Moravian
ⓘ
Protestant ⓘ |
| associatedWithReligion | Christianity ⓘ |
| hasAlternativeName |
Gods Acre
ⓘ
linked to:
God’s Acre
churchyard ⓘ |
| hasBurialPractice |
equality in death
ⓘ
graves often arranged in rows ⓘ separation of graves by sex in some Moravian traditions ⓘ simple grave markers ⓘ |
| hasCharacteristic |
church-owned
ⓘ
communal burial ground ⓘ consecrated ⓘ |
| hasConceptualization |
part of the worshiping community
ⓘ
resting place of the congregation ⓘ |
| hasCulturalRole | expression of Christian belief in resurrection ⓘ |
| hasEtymologyForm | Gottesacker ⓘ |
| hasEtymologyLanguage | German ⓘ |
| hasEtymologyMeaning | God’s field ⓘ |
| hasHistoricalUse | burial of church members ⓘ |
| hasLanguageUsage | English religious terminology ⓘ |
| hasLocationType |
adjacent to church
ⓘ
within church property ⓘ |
| hasNotableUsageRegion |
Europe
ⓘ
North America ⓘ |
| hasRelatedConcept |
cemetery
ⓘ
churchyard ⓘ graveyard ⓘ |
| hasReligiousFunction | consecrated resting place for the dead ⓘ |
| hasSymbolism | field belonging to God ⓘ |
| ownedBy | church ⓘ |
| usedBy |
Moravian Church
ⓘ
linked to:
Unity of the Brethren
Protestant communities ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: God’s Acre Description of subject: God’s Acre is a traditional term, especially used by Moravian and some Protestant communities, for a church-owned burial ground regarded as consecrated resting place for the dead.
Referenced by (5)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: God’s Acre
linked to: God’s Acre
linked to: God’s Acre
linked to: God’s Acre