kirktownn.

Brit.

/ˈkəːktaʊn/, U.S.

/ˈkərkˌtaʊn/, Scottish English

/ˈkɪrktʌʊn/

Forms: see kirk n. and town n.; also late Old English kyrchetune; Scottish pre-1700 kirtown, 1800s– kirkton.

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: kirk n., town n.

Etymology: < kirk n. + town n.Attested earlier in place names, as Kirketuna , Suffolk (1086; now Kirton); compare also Kirketone , Boston, Lincolnshire (1155–6; 1086 as Chirchetune ; now Kirton), Kirketune , Lindsey, Lincolnshire (a1160; 1086 as Chirchetone ; now Kirton in Lindsey); all perhaps replacing earlier formations with church n.¹ (see discussion at kirk n.). The precise sense reflected by these examples is uncertain (compare discussion at church town n.).

Originally and chiefly Scottish.

1. A village or hamlet by a church; = church town n. 2.Frequently in place names.

ΘΚΠ

society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > district in relation to human occupation > town as opposed to country > town, village, or collection of dwellings > [noun] > other types of town or village

kirktownlOE

church town1548

pilgrimage town1889

wet-point1920

lOE Royal Charter: David I to Holyrood, Edinb. in A. C. Lawrie Early Sc. Charters (1905) 116 Et cum Kyrchetune [of St Cuthbert's, Edinburgh] per rectas divisas suas.

1206 in J. Stuart Misc. Spalding Club (1852) V. 209 Super terra de Aberbuthenoth que appellatur Kirketun.

1403 in Coll. for Hist. Aberdeen & Banff (1843) 478 Quadraginti..solidi de Guerny vna cum tota villa de le kyrktoune.

1460 Crown Office Writ Reg. House No. 56 in Dict. Older Sc. Tongue at Kirk- I gaff..heretabyl possession to Katryne Inglis..of al and syndre the landis of the kyrktone.

a1538 A. Abell Roit or Quheill of Tyme f. 125, in Dict. Older Sc. Tongue at Kirktoun In the kirtown of Kirkway.

1644 J. Gordon in W. Macfarlane Geogr. Coll. Scotl. (1907) II. 580 Kirk of Kilpatrick and the kirktoun a quarter myl fra Kilpatrick down the river.

1689 in J. Sage Case Afflicted Clergy Scotl. (1690) 45 They..told some of the Ministers Neighbors, who live in the Kirk Town, that if they had got their Curat, they would have ducked him in the water of Almond.

1706 R. Sempill Life Pyper of Kilbarchan in R. Chambers Misc. Pop. Scottish Poems (1862) 24 Or who can for our kirk-town cause Stand us in stead?

1787 Scots Mag. Dec. 576/1 This village, till the year 1768, was only what is called a kirk-town, and consisted of six or seven houses.

1864 Glasgow Herald 16 May The word Kirktoun..applied to all collections of houses, not farm touns, which surrounded parish kirks.

a1894 R. L. Stevenson Olalla in Wks. (1895) III. 313 The mountain village, which was, as we say in Scotland, the kirk-ton of that thinly peopled district.

1903 Ancestor 4 206 Marching with Manchester on that side is another large parish, taking its name of Eccles from the kirk town.

1922 Cornhill Mag. Apr. 442 There is just room, and no more, for the little hamlet, and from their southern windows the dwellers in the kirkton of Dalmain can see their kirk perched on the bank above them.

1980 A. Blair Rowan on Ridge iii Dundonald was still formed by a ‘kirktoun’, built round the church, and several ‘farmtouns’ of eight or nine cots.

1997 Scotl. on Sunday (Nexis) 26 Jan. (Spectrum section) 22 Kingussie is the ancient capital of Badenoch and is the old kirktown of the castle of Ruthven.

†2. = glebe n. 2b. Obsolete. rare.

ΘΚΠ

society > faith > artefacts > land > [noun] > of cleric

glebec1380

glebe-land1536

kirktown1872

1872 E. W. Robertson Hist. Ess. 136 The ordinary amount of Kirktown or glebe assigned to the church..was a half-davoch.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2011; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	kirktown
释义	kirktownn. Brit. /ˈkəːktaʊn/, U.S. /ˈkərkˌtaʊn/, Scottish English /ˈkɪrktʌʊn/ Forms: see kirk n. and town n.; also late Old English kyrchetune; Scottish pre-1700 kirtown, 1800s– kirkton. Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: kirk n., town n. Etymology: < kirk n. + town n.Attested earlier in place names, as Kirketuna , Suffolk (1086; now Kirton); compare also Kirketone , Boston, Lincolnshire (1155–6; 1086 as Chirchetune ; now Kirton), Kirketune , Lindsey, Lincolnshire (a1160; 1086 as Chirchetone ; now Kirton in Lindsey); all perhaps replacing earlier formations with church n.¹ (see discussion at kirk n.). The precise sense reflected by these examples is uncertain (compare discussion at church town n.). Originally and chiefly Scottish. 1. A village or hamlet by a church; = church town n. 2.Frequently in place names. ΘΚΠ society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > district in relation to human occupation > town as opposed to country > town, village, or collection of dwellings > [noun] > other types of town or village kirktownlOE church town1548 pilgrimage town1889 wet-point1920 lOE Royal Charter: David I to Holyrood, Edinb. in A. C. Lawrie Early Sc. Charters (1905) 116 Et cum Kyrchetune [of St Cuthbert's, Edinburgh] per rectas divisas suas. 1206 in J. Stuart Misc. Spalding Club (1852) V. 209 Super terra de Aberbuthenoth que appellatur Kirketun. 1403 in Coll. for Hist. Aberdeen & Banff (1843) 478 Quadraginti..solidi de Guerny vna cum tota villa de le kyrktoune. 1460 Crown Office Writ Reg. House No. 56 in Dict. Older Sc. Tongue at Kirk- I gaff..heretabyl possession to Katryne Inglis..of al and syndre the landis of the kyrktone. a1538 A. Abell Roit or Quheill of Tyme f. 125, in Dict. Older Sc. Tongue at Kirktoun In the kirtown of Kirkway. 1644 J. Gordon in W. Macfarlane Geogr. Coll. Scotl. (1907) II. 580 Kirk of Kilpatrick and the kirktoun a quarter myl fra Kilpatrick down the river. 1689 in J. Sage Case Afflicted Clergy Scotl. (1690) 45 They..told some of the Ministers Neighbors, who live in the Kirk Town, that if they had got their Curat, they would have ducked him in the water of Almond. 1706 R. Sempill Life Pyper of Kilbarchan in R. Chambers Misc. Pop. Scottish Poems (1862) 24 Or who can for our kirk-town cause Stand us in stead? 1787 Scots Mag. Dec. 576/1 This village, till the year 1768, was only what is called a kirk-town, and consisted of six or seven houses. 1864 Glasgow Herald 16 May The word Kirktoun..applied to all collections of houses, not farm touns, which surrounded parish kirks. a1894 R. L. Stevenson Olalla in Wks. (1895) III. 313 The mountain village, which was, as we say in Scotland, the kirk-ton of that thinly peopled district. 1903 Ancestor 4 206 Marching with Manchester on that side is another large parish, taking its name of Eccles from the kirk town. 1922 Cornhill Mag. Apr. 442 There is just room, and no more, for the little hamlet, and from their southern windows the dwellers in the kirkton of Dalmain can see their kirk perched on the bank above them. 1980 A. Blair Rowan on Ridge iii Dundonald was still formed by a ‘kirktoun’, built round the church, and several ‘farmtouns’ of eight or nine cots. 1997 Scotl. on Sunday (Nexis) 26 Jan. (Spectrum section) 22 Kingussie is the ancient capital of Badenoch and is the old kirktown of the castle of Ruthven. †2. = glebe n. 2b. Obsolete. rare. ΘΚΠ society > faith > artefacts > land > [noun] > of cleric glebec1380 glebe-land1536 kirktown1872 1872 E. W. Robertson Hist. Ess. 136 The ordinary amount of Kirktown or glebe assigned to the church..was a half-davoch. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2011; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.lOE
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