Kirk
kirk
Form of the word church in northern England and Scotland. It was the name applied to the Church of Scotland at the time of the Western Assembly and is also used to distinguish the Established Church of Scotland from the Catholic, Anglican, and Reformed churches.
Fuente: New Catholic Dictionary
Kirk
a word meaning circle, in the sense of ” assembly” or “company;” the original word being Saxon, and supposed by some to have come from the Greek , dominicum, ” The Lord’s house.” The word Church is the same as ” Kirk,” and has the same signification as ” congregation” or assembly, which are elsewhere given as translations of the original word . The established religion of Scotland (the Presbyterian) is usually called the Kirk of Scotland. SEE SCOTLAND.