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noun
1.
Chiefly Scot. and North England. a church.
2.
the Kirk, the Church of Scotland (Presbyterian), as distinguished from the Church of England or the Scottish Episcopal Church.
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kirk·like, adjective
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Kirk
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So is interrobang. Does it mean:
| a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question. |
| a fool or simpleton; ninny. |
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noun
1.
Grayson (Louis), 1903–1997, U.S. educator: president of Columbia University 1953–68.
2.
a male given name.
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| kirk (kɜːk, Scottish kɪrk) | |
| —n | |
| 1. | a Scot word for church |
| 2. | a Scottish church |
| [C12: from Old Norse kirkja, from Old English cirice | |
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Word Origin & History
kirk
c.1200, northern England and Scot. dial. form of church, from O.N. kirkja "church," from O.E. cirice (see church).
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