kirk
Presbyterian place, Scotland
A kirk is a church, used chiefly in Scottish English.
The word appears in place names and compounds: kirkyard (churchyard), Kirk session (church governing body).
It survives in some dialects and literary contexts where it evokes Scottish heritage or atmosphere.
We were married in the old kirk. (Capitalized Kirk is a surname or given name.)
Elder-governed Protestant denomination
- EdinburghScotland's seat of government
- GlasgowScotland's most populous city
- AberdeenNortheast Scotland's largest city
- HighlandsNamed elevated regions
parish · minister · elder · session · congregation · Sabbath · communion · Calvinist
Presbyterian
Elder-governed Protestant denomination
- EdinburghScotland's seat of government
- GlasgowScotland's most populous city
- AberdeenNortheast Scotland's largest city
Highlands · parish · minister · elder · session · congregation · Sabbath · communion · Calvinist · beadle
prayer
Address to deity
communion · liturgy · devotion · congregation · service · Sabbath · blessing · sacrament · baptism · minister
steeple
Pointed church tower
pulpit · pew · font · vestry · apse · tower · aisle · gallery · belfry · transept
- sacred placestemple complex, basilica, abbey, church, chapel
- worship placeschurch, temple, mosque, chapel, cathedral
- religious groupscongregation, congregations, sect, parishes, fellowship
- Scotsaye, wee, nae, ken, couldnae
- Scottish ArchitectureEdinburgh Castle, Balmoral Castle, tower house, manse, tolbooth
- Scottish Slangaye, bairn, braw, eejit, ken
kirkpub
Licensed drinking establishment
tavern · town hall · marketplace · alehouse · community center
Britain's state religion
church · parish church · chapel · cathedral
- James T. Kirk
- Captain KirkStarship's famous captain
- Kirk Douglas
- James Kirk
- kirk sessionLocal Presbyterian church court
- Kirk Cameron