单词 | high kirk |
释义 | High Kirkn. Scottish. The principal church in a town, diocese, etc. Cf. High Church n. 1. ΘΚΠ society > faith > artefacts > sanctuary or holy place > principal place of worship > [noun] minsterOE architemple1297 cathedral church1297 High Churchc1325 seec1325 mother churcha1387 parish churcha1387 High Kirk1422 see churchc1449 duomo1549 basilica1563 parish kirk1563 cathedral1587 dome1691 basilic1703 dom1861 domchurch1864 1422 in W. Fraser Stirlings of Keir (1858) 208 In the hee kyrke of Glasgu. 1539 in W. C. Dickinson Early Rec. Burgh Aberdeen (1957) 160 Within Sanct Nicolace hie kirk in tyme of hiemes. 1666 in J. D. Marwick & R. Renwick Charters rel. Glasgow (1906) II. 341 For..repairing of the Hie Kirk. 1724 in R. Renwick Extracts Rec. Burgh Glasgow (1909) V. 171 Wainscoat plank for the use of the High Kirk. 1856 Glasgow Herald 5 Mar. There must be neither crosses, nor angels, nor saints, nor any other idolatrous emblem, seen in the High Kirk. 1953 Scotsman 25 June They also saw the Honours of Scotland borne into the High Kirk with public reverence and ceremony. 2008 Dunoon Observer & Argyllshire Standard 1 Aug. 19/1 Many members of the congregations of the High Kirk, Innellan and Toward have probably never visited the fourth church in the linkage, namely Inverchaolain. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, September 2014; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1422 |
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