单词 | kirk-skailing |
释义 | > as lemmaskirk-skailing kirk-skailing n. Scottish the dispersion of the congregation after a church service. ΘΚΠ society > faith > worship > church-going > [noun] > dispersal of congregation kirk-skailing1645 kirk-skail1843 1645 in D. Robertson S. Leith Rec. (1911) 54 That the act of Parliament concerning the exceise should be read at the church dore at the kirk scailing. 1819 J. G. Lockhart Peter's Lett. to Kinsfolk III. lxxiii. 265 When the service is over..(for which moment the Scotch have, in their language, an appropriate and picturesque term, the kirk-skailing). 1905 Trans. Glasgow Archæol. Soc. 5 62 About 1650, after kirk-skailing, those of the Claythron branch who had been at public worship would take a quiet road home. < as lemmas |
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