church owln.

Brit.

/ˈtʃəːtʃ aʊl/, U.S.

/ˈtʃərtʃ ˌaʊl/

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: church n.¹, owl n.

Etymology: < church n.¹ + owl n. Compare Middle Dutch kercule (Dutch kerkuil, also as a term of abuse), German Kircheneule, Kircheule (also as a term of abuse), Danish kirkeugle.Quot. 1563 reports events of 1557, and thus perhaps implies earlier currency of the word.

Now chiefly historical.

The barn owl, Tyto alba.Quot. 1563 records use as a term of opprobrium.

ΘΚΠ

the world > animals > birds > order Strigiformes or owl > [noun] > family Tytonidae > tyto alba (barn owl)

shritch?a1500

scritch owl1510

shritch-owl1538

strich1552

screech owl1567

shriek-owl1567

madge?1576

lich-owl1585

lich-fowl1611

jill-hooter1668

white owl1672

barn owl1674

church owl1678

aluco1753

padge1848

cherubim1864

squinch-owl1880

monkey-facec1940

1563 J. Foxe Actes & Monuments 1604/2 Mocking also those that frequent the churche, and calling them church Owles.

1678 J. Ray tr. F. Willughby Ornithol. 101 Our Church-Owl and brown Owl..delight in lower and plain Countrys.

1766 T. Pennant Brit. Zool. ii. 71 Common barn, white, or church Owl.

1851 Glasgow Herald 8 Aug. 6/1 The great white owl, or as it is variously called, the common barn owl, owlet, gillihowter, madge howlet, church owl, hissing owl, and screech-owl.

1916 W. M. Letts Hallow-e'en 4 The stars gleam out through the orchard boughs and the church owl flaps his wings.

2004 H. B. Werness Continuum Encycl. Animal Symbolism in Art 308/1 The white barn owl (church owl) embodies both favorable and unfavorable meanings.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2011; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	church owl
释义	church owln. Brit. /ˈtʃəːtʃ aʊl/, U.S. /ˈtʃərtʃ ˌaʊl/ Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: church n.¹, owl n. Etymology: < church n.¹ + owl n. Compare Middle Dutch kercule (Dutch kerkuil, also as a term of abuse), German Kircheneule, Kircheule (also as a term of abuse), Danish kirkeugle.Quot. 1563 reports events of 1557, and thus perhaps implies earlier currency of the word. Now chiefly historical. The barn owl, Tyto alba.Quot. 1563 records use as a term of opprobrium. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > birds > order Strigiformes or owl > [noun] > family Tytonidae > tyto alba (barn owl) shritch?a1500 scritch owl1510 shritch-owl1538 strich1552 screech owl1567 shriek-owl1567 madge?1576 lich-owl1585 lich-fowl1611 jill-hooter1668 white owl1672 barn owl1674 church owl1678 aluco1753 padge1848 cherubim1864 squinch-owl1880 monkey-facec1940 1563 J. Foxe Actes & Monuments 1604/2 Mocking also those that frequent the churche, and calling them church Owles. 1678 J. Ray tr. F. Willughby Ornithol. 101 Our Church-Owl and brown Owl..delight in lower and plain Countrys. 1766 T. Pennant Brit. Zool. ii. 71 Common barn, white, or church Owl. 1851 Glasgow Herald 8 Aug. 6/1 The great white owl, or as it is variously called, the common barn owl, owlet, gillihowter, madge howlet, church owl, hissing owl, and screech-owl. 1916 W. M. Letts Hallow-e'en 4 The stars gleam out through the orchard boughs and the church owl flaps his wings. 2004 H. B. Werness Continuum Encycl. Animal Symbolism in Art 308/1 The white barn owl (church owl) embodies both favorable and unfavorable meanings. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2011; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1563
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