释义 |
church-land In north. dial. kirkland. [? OE. ciric-land; cf. OS. ciricland, Ger. kirchenland.] Land belonging to a church, or the church.
c1205Lay. 14855 Her ich bi-teche eou an hond al freo ælc chiric-lond. 1542Richmond. Wills (1853) 33 My house..is cituate and lythe upon the kyrkland. 1609Skene Reg. Maj. 53 Ane fewer of Kirklands. 1732Berkeley Alciphr. v. §31 As if you had never heard of church-lands and tithes! 1807Vancouver Agric. Devon (1813) 84 Enabling the widow of the last surviving tenant to the church⁓lands in possession, to hold over the estate so long as she remained unmarried. |