kirk
noun
a church.
kirk
1 American
[kurk, kir k]
/ kɜrk, kɪrk /
noun
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kirks
plural
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Chiefly Scot. and North England. a church.
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the Kirk, the Church of Scotland (Presbyterian), as distinguished from the Church of England or the Scottish Episcopal Church.
Kirk
2
American
[kurk]
/ kɜrk /
noun
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Grayson (Louis), 1903–1997, U.S. educator: president of Columbia University 1953–68.
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a male given name.
kirk
1
British
/ kɜːk, kɪrk /
noun
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a Scot word for church
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a Scottish church
Kirk
2
British
/ kɜːk, kɪrk /
noun
Kirk
3
British
/ kɜːk /
noun
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Etymology
Origin of kirk
1150–1200; Middle English (north and Scots ) < Old Norse kirkja church
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The 15th Century kirk, which stands next to Linlithgow Palace, was a place of royal worship and the site of Mary Queen of Scots' baptism.
From BBC ● Oct. 12, 2024
Members of the community, school groups and charities donate, create and decorate trees for the event so that people can share in the heritage of the kirk.
From BBC ● Dec. 23, 2022
"How is charlie kirk 28?," chimed Hanna Gais, a senior research analyst at the Southern Poverty Law Center.
From Salon ● Feb. 14, 2022
All night once he had played the kirk organ while she blew the bellows.
From Time Magazine Archive
The Scotch kirk has been nearly completed, and opened for divine service; an able preacher from Scotland, the Rev. A. Brown, is the officiating minister.
From Antigua and the Antiguans, Volume II (of 2) A full account of the colony and its inhabitants from the time of the Caribs to the present day by Anonymous
He effectively filled the boots of William Shatner's Captain Kirk from the original show, and the role became Stewart's path to fame and fortune.
From Barron's ● Oct. 29, 2026
McAfee alluded to the shooting death of Kirk, the conservative activist who was killed in September 2025 during a speaking event on Utah Valley University, about 40 miles from the Utah campus.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 27, 2026
Tree surgeon Callum Kirk, who works in the Newtownabbey area and covers much of Belfast, said storms bring a different kind of working day.
From BBC ● Oct. 24, 2026
They are telling you why Kirk Cousins threw an interception.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 20, 2026
“I know Brent Chisholm and Lexie Kirk are about to play, but let’s be honest, the real reason we’re all here is to see who wins this quilt contest. Am I right?”
From "Hope Springs" by Jaime Berry
Another of Thomson's Presbyterian kirks, perhaps the most dramatic of all, Queen's Park church, was destroyed by an incendiary bomb dropped by the Germans in 1943.
From BBC ● Mar. 31, 2017
The service began with a psalm sung after the fashion followed in the Scotch kirks of a century ago—very slowly, and much through the nose.
From Between Sun and Sand A Tale of an African Desert by W. C. (William Charles) Scully
Even our Free kirks were limited to two, St. George's and the Free High.
From An Edinburgh Eleven Pencil Portraits from College Life by J. M. (James Matthew) Barrie
The articles of the pacification were subscribed June 18th, by the commissioners of both sides, in view of both armies at kirks near Berwick, anno 1639.
From Biographia Scoticana (Scots Worthies) A Brief Historical Account of the Lives, Characters, and Memorable Transactions of the Most Eminent Scots Worthies by John Howie
We do not like images in our kirks.
From Christine A Fife Fisher Girl by Amelia Edith Huddleston Barr
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