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词汇 kirk
释义 kirk
noun[ C ]
uk /kɜːk/ us /kɝːk/
Scottish English
a church教堂
 the Kirk
the Church of Scotland苏格兰教会
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The difficulty with kirks, however, was that there was almost always someone, apart from unsuccessful candidates for the post of minister, who was unhappy.
Moreover, the kirk sessions which implemented this system in the parishes left excellent records.
Scots did have a choice of courts to go to (quite apart from kirk sessions).
In other cases both members of a north/south pair of words belong to general usage but with some semantic distinction: kirk/church, skirl/shrill.
There the kirk, omnipresent and quasi-omnipotent, ran effective parish schools, inspired an excellent university system and was in fact the depository, and largely the creator, of the national identity.
Hospitals, schools, post offices and kirks are essential to maintain our communities.
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I need hardly say that except the kirks, and one exception, there was nothing outside the dull monotony of a practically deserted hotel.
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They were frequently located outside churches or kirks for the use of parishioners attending services, etc.
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The kirk's south transept is reserved for royal use.
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All were summoned before the kirk session to give account of their sins.
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There are now more than 100 such ministers and not a single thunderbolt has hit any kirk in those 25 years.
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In this building we have the kirk downstairs.
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He was both a special constable and an elder of the kirk.
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They might be asked by an elder of the kirk or some other individual.
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At one time, the parish church or the kirk session was responsible for the appointment of the teacher and the control of the school.
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