kirk

English Online Dictionary. What means kirk‎? What does kirk mean?

English

Alternative forms

• kyrk (obsolete)

Etymology

Inherited from Northern Middle English kyrke, from either Old Norse kirkja or Old English ċiriċe. Doublet of church.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /kɜːk/
• (Scotland) IPA^(key): /kɪɾk/
• Rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)k

Noun

kirk (plural kirks)

1. (Northern England and Scotland) A church.

Derived terms

See also

• kirk out

Scots

Etymology

Inherited from Northern Middle English kyrke, from either Old Norse kirkja or Old English cirice.

Noun

kirk (plural kirks)

1. church
2. temple

Verb

kirk (third-person singular simple present kirks, present participle kirkin, simple past kirkit, past participle kirkit)

1. (transitive) to bring to church for burial

See also

• kirkit

References

• “kirk”, in The Dictionary of the Scots Language, Edinburgh: Scottish Language Dictionaries, 2004–present, →OCLC.