Kirklike

adj

adj ·Rare ·Advanced level

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Adjective
  1. 1
    churchlike; churchly Scotland

    "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."

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"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."

Etymology

From kirk + -like.

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