Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

kirkist

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: kirk-ist
IPA

15

Scrabble Score

7

Letters

2

Syllables

5

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Someone who supports the Kirk, or Church of Scotland, especially with reference to Oliver Cromwell's Scottish campaign of 1650-1.

Archaic

Example Sentences

"I answered that such freedom would be worse than the vilest slavery, for it would leave me free to do nothing but grappel till death with clusterfist creditors and esurient Kirkists […]"

Etymology

From kirk + -ist.

Word Breakdown

Suffix: kirk

Usage

Archaic

Inflected Forms

Kirkists (plural)

Questions

What does kirkist mean?: Someone who supports the Kirk, or Church of Scotland, especially with reference to Oliver Cromwell's Scottish campaign of 1650-1.
Where does kirkist come from?: From kirk + -ist.

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