Definition of Kirking

1. the first attendance at church after marriage [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Kirking

kirbehs
kirigami
kirigamis
kirikaeshi
kirikiti
kirimon
kirimons
kiriru moji
kirk
kirk-town
kirk-towns
kirkbuzzer
kirkbuzzers
kirked
kirkiite
kirking (current term)
kirkings
kirkland warbler
kirkmaister
kirkman
kirkmen
kirks
kirkton
kirktons
kirkward
kirkyard
kirkyards
kirmess
kirmesses
kirn

Literary usage of Kirking

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The English and Scottish Popular Ballads by Francis James Child, George Lyman Kittredge (1884)
"12 And go with us unto some kirk — You say they are built of stane — And let us all be christened, And you get gude kirking. 13 She took the youngest in her ..."

2. English and Scottish Ballads by Francis James Child (1866)
"And go with us into some good kirk,— You say they are built of stane,— And let us all be christened, And you get good kirking." She took the youngest in her ..."

3. The Scottish Gallovidian Encyclopedia by John Mactaggart (1876)
"kirking—That ceremony of attending the kirk the first Sabbath after marriage ; to the modest this is the most trying concern in the matter, and commonly the ..."

4. The Prophecies of the Brahan Seer: (Coinneach Odhar Fiosaiche) by Alexander Mackenzie, Kenneth Mackenzie, Alexander Macgregor (1882)
"But should there be two or three, as frequently occurs, in the same week, the kirking affair is entirely altered, and becomes a matter of no small ..."

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