| 单词 | kirk-ale | 
| 释义 | † kirk-alen. Obsolete (historical after 16th cent.)   = church ale n.In quot. 1543   apparently: a feast celebrating a purification ceremony. Cf. quot. 1543 at kirk v. 1b. ΘΚΠ society > faith > worship > liturgical year > feast, festival > 			[noun]		 > periodic church ale1448 kirk-ale1543 anniversary1567 society > leisure > social event > festive occasion > specific festivities > 			[noun]		 > other festivities hoppingc1330 hocking1406 church ale1448 bid-alec1462 kirk-ale1543 maids' ale1547 quaff-tide1582 help-ale1587 clerk-ale1627 Chinese New Year1704 Rasa-yatra1767 spring festival1788 souling1813 gooding1818 walking day1826 yatra1827 triacontaëterid1839 pwe1842 Thomasing1847 hocking-ale1854 Mary-ale1857 Oktoberfest1859 Marymass1866 club-walking1874 Lag b'Omer1874 full moon festival1876 beerfest1877 Tanabata1880 Moon Festival1892 bierfest1908 sausage fest1908 Zar1931 rara1941 mas'1956 molimo1960 Kwanzaa1970 1543						 (    Chron. J. Hardyng 		(1812)	 236  				To light His candill then,..at his kirkehale [c1475 Harl. churchale] and puryficacion. c1570    in  J. Raine Depositions Courts Durham 		(1845)	 243  				This examinate being at a kirkall at the said Anne father's house. 1879    A. Reed Alice Bridge of Norwich ii. 14  				You really approve of these kirk-ales, bid-ales, and clerk-ales? This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2011; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < | 
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