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Lich

An old term meaning body Lich is a old English term which inspired many hyphenated constructions like

  • lich-bell
    A bell rung before the corpse
  • Lich-gate
    The covered entrance to a cemetery
  • Lich-house
    A mortuary
  • lich-stone
    A stone upon which a body could be placed to give the pall-bearers a rest
Old English law held that whatever way a lich passed became a lich-way or a public thoroughfare.

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