kirk

¹

[kurk, kirk]

noun

1. Chiefly Scot. and North England.,  a church.

2. the Kirk, the Church of Scotland (Presbyterian), as distinguished from the Church of England or the Scottish Episcopal Church.

Kirk

²

[kurk]

noun

1. Grayson (Louis), 1903–1997, U.S. educator: president of Columbia University 1953–68.

2. a male given name.

kirk

¹

/ kɜːk, kɪrk /

noun

1. a Scot word for church

2. a Scottish church

Kirk

²

/ kɜːk, kɪrk /

noun

1. informal,  the Presbyterian Church of Scotland

Kirk

³

/ kɜːk /

noun

1. Norman. 1923–74, prime minister of New Zealand (1972–74)

Other Word Forms

• kirklike adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of kirk¹

1150–1200; Middle English (north and Scots ) < Old Norse kirkja church

Word History and Origins

Origin of kirk¹

C12: from Old Norse kirkja, from Old English cirice _church

Example Sentences

Last year, authors Andrea Bartz, Charles Graeber and Kirk Wallace Johnson sued Anthropic, alleging that the company committed “large-scale theft” and trained its chatbot on pirated copies of copyrighted books.

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Kirk is pivoting to Britpop for an Oasis-heavy pre-party at Gold Diggers on Friday.

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Gen Z fans are “fascinated by the idea of being an uncompromising rock band and conquering the world. That’s so far out of anyone’s conception of what’s possible today,” Kirk said.

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You couldn’t get away from them, they could park singles at number one by sheer will,” Kirk, who in his early thirties, said.

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Baseball’s most iconic moments are usually spontaneous in nature — the thunderbolt of Freddie Freeman’s walk-off grand slam in Game 1 of last October’s World Series or Kirk Gibson’s World Series Game 1-winning shot off Dennis Eckersley in 1988; Hank Aaron’s record-breaking 715th homer in 1974; the climax to Don Larsen’s World Series perfect game in 1956.

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