Kirk
[kɜːk] or [kɝk]
解释:
(n.) A church or the church, in the various senses of the word; esp., the Church of Scotland as distinguished from other reformed churches, or from the Roman Catholic Church.
达拉整理
解释:
n. in Scotland a church—sometimes 'the Kirk' means the Established Church specially.—ns. Kirk′in the first attendance of a pair after marriage of a magistrate after election; Kirk′-sess′ion the lowest court in Presbyterian churches being the governing body of a particular congregation; Kirk′ton (Scot.) the village in which the parish church stands; Kirk′yard a graveyard.—Auld Kirk the Established Church in Scotland—by association of ideas (coll.) the whisky bottle whisky.
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