kirklike

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English

Etymology

From kirk +‎ -like.

Adjective

kirklike (comparative more kirklike, superlative most kirklike)

  1. (Scotland) churchlike; churchly
    • 1866, Cyrus Redding, Daniel O'Connell, page 261:
      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.

Scots

Adjective

kirklike (comparative mair kirklike, superlative maist kirklike)

  1. churchlike; churchly
    • 1875, William Allan, Heather-bells: Or Poems and Songs, page 45:
      An' at oor village end there stood / The kirk, in sombre, kirklike mood, []
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