I. noun
also kurk ˈki(ə)rk, ˈkərk, ˈkiək, ˈkə̄k
( -s )
Usage: often attributive
Etymology: Middle English (northern dialect) kirke, kirk, from Old Norse kirkja, from Old English cirice — more at church
1. chiefly Scotland : church
bells in the city kirks — Christian Century
coming to the kirk this morning — Guy McCrone
2. usually capitalized : the Church of Scotland as distinguished from the Church of England or the Episcopal Church in Scotland — usually used with the
the essential autonomy of the Kirk — J.Y.Evans
II. transitive verb
( kirked -kt ; or kirk·it -kə̇t ; kirked or kirkit ; kirking ; kirks )
Etymology: Middle English (Scots dialect) kirken, from kirke, kirk, n.
1. chiefly Scotland : church
2. Scotland : to take (a bride or couple) to church for the first time after the wedding ceremony
I'm to be married the morn and kirkit on Sunday — Sir Walter Scott