Definition of kirk in English:

kirk

noun kəːkkərk

Northern English, Scottish

1A church.
〈苏格兰，北英格兰〉教堂
Example sentencesExamples
- Many locals firmly believe the ghost of Canthill Road, which runs outside the kirk, is the spectre of William Smith, a Covenanter who was murdered in 1678.
- Anyone who challenges it from outside the islands risks the wrath of the local kirk and determined opposition from religious groups.
- It is likely to have benefited more from erecting the jawbone outside the island kirk and turning it into a tourist attraction, than the museum, which will simply be adding it to its existing collection.
- The aircraft's cockpit crashed in the next field and the kirk was used as the headquarters of the operation to find the dead.
- She's not exactly royalty, but is right up there in the body of the kirk, intent on killing as many werewolves as possible.
- Well, Raven thought grimly as she turned her step towards the kirk, it will take a miracle to get us out of this in one piece.
- The postmaster running a facility in a kirk would not have to be Christian, he said.
- Got a hotel and a bank and a restaurant, and a cafe, and a garage, a tourist office, four shops and three kirks.
- It is from the space at the top of the kirk, an almost baronial area with vaulted arches and buttressed ceiling, that Knox & Co will gaze down on patrons.
- Here also there was an ambitious programme of church building in the twelfth century, as favoured churches and chapels were transformed into parish kirks.
- This meant they turned out all James' supporters from their kirks.
- A major benefit that flowed from the Reformation was the spread of education in Scotland, based on John Knox's dream of a kirk and a schoolhouse for every parish in the land.
- Church steeples in parish kirks were used as jails.
- Set in the historic Borders, there are castles and kirks galore, and you can use it as a stopping point on the Southern Upland Way.
Synonyms
house of god, the lord's house, house of prayer
2The Church of Scotland as distinct from the Church of England or from the Episcopal Church in Scotland.
（区别于英国国教和苏格兰圣公会的）苏格兰教会
Example sentencesExamples
- And since these people were Kirk of Scotland - oh horrors - they would therefore have to leave town also.
- The Kirk of Scotland has no special service for the churching of women, and churching was simply attending the ordinary service.
- In the year 1636, the Bishops framed a book of Canons and constitutions for governing the Kirk of Scotland.
- The Protestant Reformation gave birth to several notable documents in the Kirk of Scotland.
- For that paternal love he hath for and towards the propagation of the Gospel of Jesus Christ, agreeable to the Articles of the Kirk of Scotland in the Presbyterian Faith.

Origin

Middle English: from Old Norse kirkja, from Old English cirice (see church).

church from Old English:
The Old English word church, then spelled circe or cirice, is related to German Kirche, Dutch kerk, and Scots kirk (Middle English). The source of all these words is medieval Greek kurikon, from Greek kuriakon dōma, ‘Lord's house’, based on kurios ‘master or lord’.

Rhymes

berk, berserk, Burke, cirque, dirk, Dunkirk, erk, irk, lurk, mirk, murk, outwork, perk, quirk, shirk, smirk, stirk, Turk, work

Definition of kirk in US English:

kirk

nounkərkkərk

Scottish, Northern English

1A church.
〈苏格兰，北英格兰〉教堂
Example sentencesExamples
- The postmaster running a facility in a kirk would not have to be Christian, he said.
- This meant they turned out all James' supporters from their kirks.
- It is likely to have benefited more from erecting the jawbone outside the island kirk and turning it into a tourist attraction, than the museum, which will simply be adding it to its existing collection.
- Anyone who challenges it from outside the islands risks the wrath of the local kirk and determined opposition from religious groups.
- Got a hotel and a bank and a restaurant, and a cafe, and a garage, a tourist office, four shops and three kirks.
- It is from the space at the top of the kirk, an almost baronial area with vaulted arches and buttressed ceiling, that Knox & Co will gaze down on patrons.
- A major benefit that flowed from the Reformation was the spread of education in Scotland, based on John Knox's dream of a kirk and a schoolhouse for every parish in the land.
- The aircraft's cockpit crashed in the next field and the kirk was used as the headquarters of the operation to find the dead.
- Many locals firmly believe the ghost of Canthill Road, which runs outside the kirk, is the spectre of William Smith, a Covenanter who was murdered in 1678.
- She's not exactly royalty, but is right up there in the body of the kirk, intent on killing as many werewolves as possible.
- Church steeples in parish kirks were used as jails.
- Set in the historic Borders, there are castles and kirks galore, and you can use it as a stopping point on the Southern Upland Way.
- Well, Raven thought grimly as she turned her step towards the kirk, it will take a miracle to get us out of this in one piece.
- Here also there was an ambitious programme of church building in the twelfth century, as favoured churches and chapels were transformed into parish kirks.
Synonyms
house of god, the lord's house, house of prayer
2the Kirk" or "the Kirk of ScotlandThe Church of Scotland as distinct from the Church of England or from the Episcopal Church in Scotland.
（区别于英国国教和苏格兰圣公会的）苏格兰教会
Example sentencesExamples
- The Kirk of Scotland has no special service for the churching of women, and churching was simply attending the ordinary service.
- The Protestant Reformation gave birth to several notable documents in the Kirk of Scotland.
- And since these people were Kirk of Scotland - oh horrors - they would therefore have to leave town also.
- For that paternal love he hath for and towards the propagation of the Gospel of Jesus Christ, agreeable to the Articles of the Kirk of Scotland in the Presbyterian Faith.
- In the year 1636, the Bishops framed a book of Canons and constitutions for governing the Kirk of Scotland.

Origin

Middle English: from Old Norse kirkja, from Old English cirice (see church).

单词	kirk
释义	Definition of kirk in English: kirk noun kəːkkərk Northern English, Scottish 1A church. 〈苏格兰，北英格兰〉教堂 Example sentencesExamples Many locals firmly believe the ghost of Canthill Road, which runs outside the kirk, is the spectre of William Smith, a Covenanter who was murdered in 1678. Anyone who challenges it from outside the islands risks the wrath of the local kirk and determined opposition from religious groups. It is likely to have benefited more from erecting the jawbone outside the island kirk and turning it into a tourist attraction, than the museum, which will simply be adding it to its existing collection. The aircraft's cockpit crashed in the next field and the kirk was used as the headquarters of the operation to find the dead. She's not exactly royalty, but is right up there in the body of the kirk, intent on killing as many werewolves as possible. Well, Raven thought grimly as she turned her step towards the kirk, it will take a miracle to get us out of this in one piece. The postmaster running a facility in a kirk would not have to be Christian, he said. Got a hotel and a bank and a restaurant, and a cafe, and a garage, a tourist office, four shops and three kirks. It is from the space at the top of the kirk, an almost baronial area with vaulted arches and buttressed ceiling, that Knox & Co will gaze down on patrons. Here also there was an ambitious programme of church building in the twelfth century, as favoured churches and chapels were transformed into parish kirks. This meant they turned out all James' supporters from their kirks. A major benefit that flowed from the Reformation was the spread of education in Scotland, based on John Knox's dream of a kirk and a schoolhouse for every parish in the land. Church steeples in parish kirks were used as jails. Set in the historic Borders, there are castles and kirks galore, and you can use it as a stopping point on the Southern Upland Way. Synonyms house of god, the lord's house, house of prayer 2The Church of Scotland as distinct from the Church of England or from the Episcopal Church in Scotland. （区别于英国国教和苏格兰圣公会的）苏格兰教会 Example sentencesExamples And since these people were Kirk of Scotland - oh horrors - they would therefore have to leave town also. The Kirk of Scotland has no special service for the churching of women, and churching was simply attending the ordinary service. In the year 1636, the Bishops framed a book of Canons and constitutions for governing the Kirk of Scotland. The Protestant Reformation gave birth to several notable documents in the Kirk of Scotland. For that paternal love he hath for and towards the propagation of the Gospel of Jesus Christ, agreeable to the Articles of the Kirk of Scotland in the Presbyterian Faith. Origin Middle English: from Old Norse kirkja, from Old English cirice (see church). church from Old English: The Old English word church, then spelled circe or cirice, is related to German Kirche, Dutch kerk, and Scots kirk (Middle English). The source of all these words is medieval Greek kurikon, from Greek kuriakon dōma, ‘Lord's house’, based on kurios ‘master or lord’. Rhymes berk, berserk, Burke, cirque, dirk, Dunkirk, erk, irk, lurk, mirk, murk, outwork, perk, quirk, shirk, smirk, stirk, Turk, work Definition of kirk in US English: kirk nounkərkkərk Scottish, Northern English 1A church. 〈苏格兰，北英格兰〉教堂 Example sentencesExamples The postmaster running a facility in a kirk would not have to be Christian, he said. This meant they turned out all James' supporters from their kirks. It is likely to have benefited more from erecting the jawbone outside the island kirk and turning it into a tourist attraction, than the museum, which will simply be adding it to its existing collection. Anyone who challenges it from outside the islands risks the wrath of the local kirk and determined opposition from religious groups. Got a hotel and a bank and a restaurant, and a cafe, and a garage, a tourist office, four shops and three kirks. It is from the space at the top of the kirk, an almost baronial area with vaulted arches and buttressed ceiling, that Knox & Co will gaze down on patrons. A major benefit that flowed from the Reformation was the spread of education in Scotland, based on John Knox's dream of a kirk and a schoolhouse for every parish in the land. The aircraft's cockpit crashed in the next field and the kirk was used as the headquarters of the operation to find the dead. Many locals firmly believe the ghost of Canthill Road, which runs outside the kirk, is the spectre of William Smith, a Covenanter who was murdered in 1678. She's not exactly royalty, but is right up there in the body of the kirk, intent on killing as many werewolves as possible. Church steeples in parish kirks were used as jails. Set in the historic Borders, there are castles and kirks galore, and you can use it as a stopping point on the Southern Upland Way. Well, Raven thought grimly as she turned her step towards the kirk, it will take a miracle to get us out of this in one piece. Here also there was an ambitious programme of church building in the twelfth century, as favoured churches and chapels were transformed into parish kirks. Synonyms house of god, the lord's house, house of prayer 2the Kirk" or "the Kirk of ScotlandThe Church of Scotland as distinct from the Church of England or from the Episcopal Church in Scotland. （区别于英国国教和苏格兰圣公会的）苏格兰教会 Example sentencesExamples The Kirk of Scotland has no special service for the churching of women, and churching was simply attending the ordinary service. The Protestant Reformation gave birth to several notable documents in the Kirk of Scotland. And since these people were Kirk of Scotland - oh horrors - they would therefore have to leave town also. For that paternal love he hath for and towards the propagation of the Gospel of Jesus Christ, agreeable to the Articles of the Kirk of Scotland in the Presbyterian Faith. In the year 1636, the Bishops framed a book of Canons and constitutions for governing the Kirk of Scotland. Origin Middle English: from Old Norse kirkja, from Old English cirice (see church).
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