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What (who) is kirk - definition
SCOTS AND NORTHERN ENGLISH TERM FOR 'CHURCH', ESPECIALLY IN REFERENCE TO THE CHURCH OF SCOTLAND
High kirk; High Kirk; High kirks; Kirking; Kirche
![The Ordination of Elders in a Scottish Kirk, by [[John Henry Lorimer]], 1891. [[National Gallery of Scotland]]](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Lorimer, Ordination.jpg?width=200 "The Ordination of Elders in a Scottish Kirk, by [[John Henry Lorimer]], 1891. [[National Gallery of Scotland]]")
kirk
(v.) 1) to speak pompously and for effect, especially if that effect is lost on everyone but the speaker. 2) to pause at odd intervals while speaking. Also 'kirked', 'kirking'. For the ficticiously loquacious captain of the same name.
Don't... interuptmewhen... I'm... tryingto... speak!, he kirked.
Don't... interuptmewhen... I'm... tryingto... speak!, he kirked.
Kirk
·noun 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.
kirk
[k?:k]
¦ noun Scottish & N. English
1. a church.
2. (the Kirk or the Kirk of Scotland) the Church of Scotland.
Origin
ME: from ON kirkja, from OE cirice (see church).
Wikipedia
Kirk
Kirk is a Scottish and former Northern English word meaning "church". It is often used specifically of the Church of Scotland. Many place names and personal names are also derived from it.
Examples of use of kirk
1. Kirk Frith of the Vermilion sheriff‘s department.
2. Judge Michael Kirk heard the case without a jury.
3. "What Kirk Fordham said did not happen," Palmer said.
4. "I guess we‘re going shopping," winning handler Kathy Kirk said.
5. Kirk never issued that order until the fourth movie.