Definition of 'kirk'

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kirk (kɜːʳk )

Word forms: plural kirks

1. countable noun

A kirk is a church.

[Scottish]

...the eighteenth-century kirk across the road.

2. proper noun

The Kirk is the Church of Scotland, the main Protestant church in Scotland.

[Scottish]

...ministers of the Kirk.

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kirk (kɜːk , Scottish kɪrk)

noun

1. a Scot word for church

a Scottish church

Word origin of 'kirk'

C12: from Old Norse kirkja, from Old English cirice church

Word Frequency

Kirk1 (kɜːk , Scottish kɪrk)

noun

the Kirk

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Kirk2 (kɜːk )

noun

Norman. 1923–74, prime minister of New Zealand (1972–74)

Word Frequency

kirk in American English (kɜrk ; kʉrk; Scottish kɪʀk; kirk)

noun

Scottish and North England

a church

Idioms:

the Kirk

Word origin of 'kirk'

Scot < ME kirke < OE cirice (infl. by ON kirkja): see church

Example sentences containing 'kirk'

`You robbed the kirk, Miss o'Brady, surely you haven't forgotten that.

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People said he shudna've done that, but they were aa neatly stacked in the kirk atween interments, and he's an awfy man wi a drink on him.

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It was a wonder the kirk hadn't fallen about his ears a long time ago!

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Definition of kirk from the Collins English Dictionary

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Definition of 'kirk'

kirk (kɜːʳk )

kirk (kɜːk , Scottish kɪrk)

Word origin of 'kirk'

Kirk1 (kɜːk , Scottish kɪrk)

Kirk2 (kɜːk )

kirk in American English (kɜrk ; kʉrk; Scottish kɪʀk; kirk)

Word origin of 'kirk'

Example sentences containing 'kirk'

Trends of 'kirk'

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