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kirkmaster

kirkmaster is the alternative spelling of kyrkmaster.

Meaning of kyrkmaster

Noun

kyrkmaster (plural kyrkmasters)

  1. (Northern England, Scotland, obsolete) A churchwarden.
    • Item to the makyng of the stepell of Tykhill cˢ., a cart with iiij hors. Item to the kyrkmasters a nobill. Item to Kateryn, the doghter of Robert his son, a caldron, a pot, and a littell posnet. […] [6 Sep. 1429.]1835, “CCCIV. Testamentum Johannis Sandford de Tikhill. [M. f. 563-b]”, in Testamenta Eboracensia; or, Wills Registered at York, […], London: J. B. Nichols and Son, page 417

Forms of kirkmaster

pluralkirkmasters

Origin of kirkmaster

From Middle English kirkmaster, kyrkmaster, equivalent to kirk + master.

Questions about kirkmaster

What is kirkmaster the alternative spelling of?
Kirkmaster is the alternative spelling of kyrkmaster.

Words near kirkmaster in the dictionary

  1. kirkmaister
  2. kirkmaisters
  3. kirkman
  4. Kirkman's schoolgirl problem
  5. Kirkmans
  6. kirkmaster
  7. kirkmasters
  8. kirkmen
  9. Kirkmichael
  10. Kirknewton
  11. Kirkorov

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