As a common noun, kirk (meaning 'church') is found in Scots, Scottish English, Ulster-Scots and some English dialects, … 展开

Even more commonly, The Free Kirk is heard as an informal name for the Free Church of Scotland, the remnant of an evangelical presbyterian … 展开

The first court of Presbyterian polity where the Elders of a particular congregation gather as a Session or meeting to govern the spiritual and temporal … 展开

Kirk is found mainly as an element in many placenames of Scotland, England and countries of large British expatriate communities.
Scottish examples include Falkirk, Kirkwall and numerous Kirkhills and Kirktons. Examples in England are 展开

As a proper noun, the Kirk is an informal name for the Church of Scotland, the country's national church and this term is frequently used in the … 展开

High Kirk is the term sometimes used to describe a congregation of the Church of Scotland that uses a building that had been a 展开

The verb to kirk, meaning 'to present in church', was probably first used for the annual church services of some Scottish town councils, known as … 展开