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).

单词	mother kirk
释义	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. ΘΚΠ 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. ΘΚΠ 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). < n.c1430
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