kirk
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English
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[edit]Etymology
[edit]Inherited from Northern Middle English kyrke, from either Old Norse kirkja or Old English ċiriċe. Doublet of church.
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /kɜːk/
- (Scotland) IPA(key): /kɪɾk/
Audio (US): (file) - Rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)k
Noun
[edit]kirk (plural kirks)
- (Northern England and Scotland) A church.
- 1902, John Buchan, The Outgoing of the Tide:
- When she sang in the kirk, folk have told me that they had a foretaste of the musick of the New Jerusalem, and when she came in by the village of Caulds old men stottered to their doors to look at her.
- 1941 January, C. Hamilton Ellis, “The Scottish Station”, in Railway Magazine, page 3:
- But long, long ago an enthusiastic reporter called it a "fairy palace," and the office building on the west side was once a church. Hence, in North British phraseology, to "gang tae the Kirk" meant to be had up on the carpet.
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[edit]Scots
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Inherited from Northern Middle English kyrke, from either Old Norse kirkja or Old English cirice.
Noun
[edit]kirk (plural kirks)
Verb
[edit]kirk (third-person singular simple present kirks, present participle kirkin, simple past kirkit, past participle kirkit)
- (transitive) to bring to church for burial
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- “kirk” in the Dictionary of the Scots Language, Edinburgh: Scottish Language Dictionaries.
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