kirk
noun
a church.
kirks
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pluralof kirk.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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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 ā Mar. 31, 2017
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
Maidens should be mim till they're married, and then they may burn kirks.
From The Proverbs of Scotland by Alexander Hislop
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
And then, I may say, ye have the prayers of all the reformed kirks in Europe for you, who have ever heard of the perturbations that has been, and yet are, into this land.
From The Covenants And The Covenanters Covenants, Sermons, and Documents of the Covenanted Reformation by James Kerr
