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Definition of Kirks
1. kirk [n] - See also: kirk
Lexicographical Neighbors of Kirks
Literary usage of Kirks
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The History of the Kirk of Scotland by David Calderwood (1843)
"UNDER PR^ELATUS, WHERETO DIVERSE kirks ARE ANNEXED. ... be made how the mini-
strie of everie one of the severall kirks sall be ..."
2. A Practical Treatise on the Forms of Process: Containing the New Regulations by Thomas Beveridge, Scotland Jury Court (1826)
"ACT ANENT PLANTATION OF kirks AND VALUATION OS ... The transporting of kirks,
disjoining of too large paroches. or erecting and building of new kirks, ..."
3. The Statistical Account of Scotland: Drawn Up from the Communications of the by John Sinclair (1795)
"Then the haill remanent kirks, lie in£ of hi» ... fo as to reduce the number
of *' kirks and ... glebes and vicarages of the LiJ " kirks. ..."
4. The Dictionary of National Biography by Sidney Lee (1908)
"At Perth he received a commission, l'or a year only, to plant within the bounds
of his diocese kirks, &c. At the Edinburgh meeting, memorable for the first ..."
5. John L. Stoddard's Lectures: Supplementary Volume[s]. by John Lawson Stoddard (1902)
"The journey seaward from the Sel- kirks loses nothing in grandeur. Our pathway
thither follows FRASER CASON. several ocean-seeking streams, ..."
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