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kirk

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kirk  (kûrk)
n.
1. Scots A church.
2. Kirk Chiefly British The Presbyterian Church of Scotland. Used with the.
[Middle English, from Old Norse kirkja, from Old English cirice, church; see church.]
kirk [kɜːk (Scot) kɪrk]
n
1. (Christianity / Ecclesiastical Terms) a Scot word for church
2. a Scottish church
[from Old Norse kirkja, from Old English cirice church]
Kirk [kɜːk (Scot) kɪrk]
n
(Christianity / Protestantism)
the Informal the Presbyterian Church of Scotland
Kirk2
n
(Biographies / Kirk, Norman (1923-1974) M, New Zealand, POLITICS: politician, POLITICS: prime minister) Norman. 1923-74, prime minister of New Zealand (1972-74)
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.kirkkirk - a Scottish church                    
church building, church - a place for public (especially Christian) worship; "the church was empty"
Translations
kirk [kɜːk] N (Scot) → iglesia f
the Kirk → la Iglesia(Presbiteriana)de Escocia
kirk
n (Scot) → Kirche f; the Kirk die Presbyterianische Kirche Schottlands
kirk [kɜːk] n (Scot) → chiesa
the Kirk la Chiesa presbiteriana scozzese
kirk [kɜːk] n (Scot) → chiesa
the Kirk la Chiesa presbiteriana scozzese


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Captain Kirk must turn up her lobster eyes forsooth at the idea of an honest round game (wherein me fawther, as pious a man as ever went to church, me uncle Dane Malony, and our cousin the Bishop, took a hand at loo, or whist, every night of their lives).
Vanity Fair by Thackeray, William Makepeace View in context
To be sure, I laughed over this; but it was rather tremulous laughter; and I was glad to get my bundle on my staff's end and set out over the ford and up the hill upon the farther side; till, just as I came on the green drove-road running wide through the heather, I took my last look of Kirk Essendean, the trees about the manse, and the big rowans in the kirkyard where my father and my mother lay.
Kidnapped by Stevenson, Robert Louis View in context
Or I see him setting off to church, for he was a great 'stoop' of the Auld Licht kirk, and his mouth is very firm now as if there were a case of discipline to face, but on his way home he is bowed with pity.
Margaret Ogilvy by Barrie, James Matthew View in context
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