Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

keeill

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: keeill
IPA

10

Scrabble Score

6

Letters

1

Syllables

4

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A small monastic cell or chapel (especially during the pre-modern period).

Example Sentences

"The division into sheadings and into (early secular) parishes is shown in Plate II with the sites of incised or engraved stones and of those keeills beside which graveyards have been identified."
"The local place-name 'Chapel Gate' — 'the road to the Chapel' — is of some antiquity (J. J. Kneen, Place-Names, I, p. 22) and applies particularly to the steep pathway down the brooghs to the keeill-site and well at the west end of 'Chapel Bay'."

Etymology

Borrowed from Manx keeill. Doublet of cell.

Word Breakdown

Root: keeill

Inflected Forms

keeills (plural)

Questions

What does keeill mean?: A small monastic cell or chapel (especially during the pre-modern period).
Where does keeill come from?: Borrowed from Manx keeill. Doublet of cell.

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