kirklike

adj

kirklike

adj

Etymology From kirk + -like.

1

Scotland churchlike; churchly

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.1866, Cyrus Redding, Daniel O'Connell, page 261:

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