Definitions for kirkkɜrk, kɪrk

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Random House Webster's College Dictionary

kirkkɜrk, kɪrk(n.)(pl.)

  1. Chiefly Scot. a church.

    Category: Scottish

  2. the Kirk, the Church of Scotland (Presbyterian), as distinguished from the Church of England or the Scottish Episcopal Church.

    Category: Religion, Scottish

Origin of kirk:

1150–1200; ME (north and Scots) < ON kirkjachurch

kirk′man(n.)-men.

Princeton's WordNet

  1. kirk(noun)

    a Scottish church

Wiktionary

  1. kirk(Noun)

    a church.

  2. Kirk(ProperNoun)

    The Presbyterian Church of Scotland.

  3. Kirk(ProperNoun)

    transferred from the surname.

  4. Origin: From kirkja or cirice.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Kirk(noun)

    a church or the church, in the various senses of the word; esp., the Church of Scotland as distinguished from other reformed churches, or from the Roman Catholic Church


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Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary

forty(adjective)

40 in number.

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