Free Kirk
Americannoun
Other Word Forms
- Free Kirker noun
Example Sentences
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No wonder you are astonished," for Carmichael was blushing furiously; "and I must make our defence, eh, Carnegie? else it will be understood in Free Kirk circles that the manse is mad.
From Kate Carnegie and Those Ministers by Maclaren, Ian
The Police depart, and in a few minutes the silent respectability of Old Council House Street, with the grim Free Kirk at the end of it, is reached.
From From Sea to Sea Letters of Travel by Kipling, Rudyard
It was felt that after the action of the Free Kirk the Establisheds and the U. P.'s must show what they too were capable of.
From Auld Licht Idylls by Barrie, J. M. (James Matthew)
As the respectable Free Kirk elder who sat next Mr. McGuffie did not respond to this friendly offer, Mr. McGuffie put a straw in his mouth and timed the arrival of the Provost.
From Young Barbarians by Maclaren, Ian
To be a professor of anything in the Free Kirk College might imply that a man was hampered as to words and views.
From London Days A Book of Reminiscences by Warren, Arthur
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