kirks
- plural of kirk.
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 ● Mar. 31, 2017
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 Barrie, J. M. (James Matthew)
Maidens should be mim till they're married, and then they may burn kirks.
From The Proverbs of Scotland by Hislop, Alexander
"When you retire, Father," broke in Elizabeth, "when we're done with kirks and deacons'-courts for ever and a day, we shall go to Bokhara, you and I. It will be such a nice change."
From The Setons by Douglas, O.
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 Howie, John
