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单词 mother kirk
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mother kirkn.

Brit. /ˌmʌðə ˈkəːk/, U.S. /ˌməðər ˈkərk/, Scottish English /ˌmʌθər ˈkɪrk/
Forms: see mother n.1 and kirk n.
Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: mother n.1, kirk n.
Etymology: < mother n.1 + kirk n. Compare earlier mother church n.
Originally and chiefly Scottish.
1. Also with capital initials. = mother church n. 1.In quot. 1933 personified.
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society > faith > sect > Christianity > Roman Catholicism > person > [noun] > collective
mother churchOE
mother kirkc1430
whore1530
Lady of Rome1574
Western Church1577
west1586
scarlet whore1590
Lady of Babylon1605
red letter1608
scarlet lady1807
scarlet woman1816
Latinism1920
c1430 Acts Parl. Scotl. (1844) I. 106/2 Syndri & he thyngis tuechand..at the honor of God & of the haly modyr kirk.
c1485 ( G. Hay Bk. Law of Armys (2005) 277 Thai ar..regenerit be new generacioun maid be the haly moder kirk.
1680 Sanquhar Decl. in R. Simpson Trad. Covenanters (1846) iii. 27 Against such as would betray or deliver up our free reformed mother Kirk unto the bondage of Antichrist, the Pope of Rome.
1714 E. Ward Hudibras Redivivus (ed. 3) II. x. ix. 26 Not doubting but their Mother Kirk Would help 'em in the righteous Work.
1772 J. Macgowan Infernal Conf. I. iii. 70 The parsons of the kirk..divided into two parties. One of which forsook their mother kirk, and very solemnly delivered up the other party to the devil.
1933 C. S. Lewis Pilgrim's Regress viii. 194 Even where Mother Kirk is nominally the ruler men can grow old without knowing how to read the Rules. Her empire is always crumbling.
2001 D. Wilson (title) Mother Kirk: essays and forays in practical ecclesiology.
2. = mother church n. 2a. Obsolete.
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society > faith > artefacts > sanctuary or holy place > church or place of worship > [noun] > parish
mother church?1316
parish churcha1387
mother kirka1447
parochial1606
plebanian1631
plebania1851
a1447 in J. Raine Inventories & Acct. Rolls Benedictine Houses Jarrow & Monk-Wearmouth (1854) App. 242 He has..a Chapell..a pon certeyn condicions... Ye third condicion is yat ye lord of Hilton..his seruaunttz and tenauntez..suld com..to ye modre kirke in grett festes.
1454–5 Charter Edinb. Reg. House No. 340 The quhilk bane he frely left to oure moder kirk of Sanct [Giles].
1514 in J. Cooper Cartularium Eccl. St. Nicholai Aberdonensis (1892) II. 349 For the decoring and reparacioun to be had in our modir kirk.
This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, December 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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