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kirklike

kirklike adjective: churchlike; churchly.

Adjective

kirklike (comparative more kirklike, superlative most kirklike)

  1. (Scotland) churchlike; churchly
    • To sketch a thought, as Haydon called it, on a Sunday, taking out his pencil for the purpose, was to subject himself to a kirklike rebuke from his friend.1866, Cyrus Redding, Daniel O'Connell, page 261

Forms of kirklike

comparativemore kirklike
superlativemost kirklike

Origin of kirklike

From kirk + -like.

Questions about kirklike

What does kirklike mean?
Kirklike means churchlike; churchly.
What part of speech is kirklike?
Kirklike is an adjective.

Words near kirklike in the dictionary

  1. Kirkleatham
  2. Kirklees
  3. kirkless
  4. Kirkley
  5. Kirkleys
  6. kirklike
  7. Kirklin
  8. Kirklins
  9. Kirkliston
  10. kirkmaister
  11. kirkmaisters

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