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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 in British

(kɜːk , Scottish kɪrk)
noun
1.  a Scot word for church
2. 
a Scottish church
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Word origin of 'kirk'
C12: from Old Norse kirkja, from Old English cirice church
Word Frequency

Kirk in British 1

(kɜːk , Scottish kɪrk)
noun
the Kirk
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Kirk in British 2

(kɜːk )
noun
Norman. 1923–74, prime minister of New Zealand (1972–74)
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kirk in American

(kɜrk ; kʉrk; Scottish kɪʀk; kirk)
noun
Scottish and North England
a church
Idioms:
the Kirk
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Word origin of 'kirk'
Scot < ME kirke < OE cirice (infl. by ON kirkja): see church

Example sentences containing 'kirk'

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`You robbed the kirk, Miss o'Brady, surely you haven't forgotten that. Fraser, Christine Marion NOBLE BEGINNNINGSPeople 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. Adair, Tom (Intro) THREE KINDS OF KISSING - SCOTTISH SHORT STORIESIt was a wonder the kirk hadn't fallen about his ears a long time ago! Fraser, Christine Marion NOBLE BEGINNNINGS

Trends of 'kirk'

Used Occasionally. kirk is one of the 30000 most commonly used words in the Collins dictionary

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Nearby words of 'kirk'

  • Kirin
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