kirk

«kirk» in Mova's school dictionary: a church — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

part of speech

noun (a kirk, kirks; the Kirk)

meaning for a pupil

1) (Scotland) A kirk is a church. tree →

2) (Scotland, church) The Kirk is the Church of Scotland, the main Presbyterian church there. tree →

3) (a name) Kirk is also a first name or surname, like Captain Kirk in «Star Trek». tree →

sense in the lessons

Scottish stories, songs and place names: «the village kirk», «Kirkcaldy», «Falkirk». Religion lessons: the Church of Scotland is called the Kirk. It tells the reader the setting is Scotland or northern England.

examples

• The family walked to the kirk on Sunday. tree →
• The Kirk is the Church of Scotland. tree →
• The old kirk had a stone bell tower. tree →
• Many Scottish towns have «kirk» in their name, like Falkirk. tree →
• They were married in the village kirk. tree →
• Captain Kirk is a character in Star Trek. tree →

note

Scottish and northern English word; in standard English say «church». Capital «K» for the Church of Scotland and for the name.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «kirk» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.