| 单词 | kirk lair |
| 释义 | > as lemmaskirk lair kirk lair n. [ < kirk n. + lair n.1 2] Scottish (now historical) a burial place within a church building; the right of burial within a church. ΘΚΠ the world > life > death > disposal of corpse > burial > grave or burial-place > [noun] > within a church lair-stall1541 lair-stead1559 kirk lair1606 1606 W. Birnie Blame of Kirk-buriall xix. sig. F1 They sacrilegiously will vsurpe a possessiue pronoun, and..say, this kirk, or at least this kirk-laire is mine. 1606 W. Birnie Blame of Kirk-buriall xix. sig. F4 Secluding all from the Kirk-laire. 1999 S. Tarlow Bereavement & Commemoration iv. 90 There are plans showing the ownership of kirk lairs dating from the eighteenth century. < as lemmas |
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