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keeills

keeills is the plural of keeill.

Meaning of keeill

Noun

keeill (plural keeills)

  1. (historical, chiefly Isle of Man) A small monastic cell or chapel (especially during the pre-modern period).
    • The division into sheadings and into (early secular) parishes is shown in Plate II with the sites of incised or engraved stones and of those keeills beside which graveyards have been identified.1958, Annie Ashley, The Church in the Isle of Man, number 13, page 8

Questions about keeills

What is keeills the plural of?
Keeills is the plural of keeill.

Words near keeills in the dictionary

  1. Keehner
  2. Keehners
  3. Keehns
  4. keeho
  5. keeill
  6. keeills
  7. keek
  8. keekar
  9. keekars
  10. keeked
  11. keeker

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