(UK, _, dialectal, Northern England, Scotland) A churchwarden.
(UK, _, dialectal, Northern England, Scotland) A churchwarden.
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UK and Irish slang — Cockney, Scouse, Geordie, Yorkshire, Glaswegian, Brummie, Welsh, West Country, plus Irish English. Centuries of regional dialects feeding into modern British and Irish street talk.
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(obsolete, christianity, Northern England, Scotland) A churchwarden.
(obsolete, UK, _, dialectal) A churchwarden.
(Scotland) A clergyman or officer in a kirk.
A Scottish term for a member or officer of a kirk -- the Church of Scotland (the Scottish Presbyterian national church). A kirkman could be a lay member, an elder, or a minister depending on context. The word reflects Scotland's distinct ecclesiastical vocabulary, where 'kirk' (from Old Norse) is used instead of 'church', carrying centuries of Scottish Protestant religious history.
(Scotland) churchwarden.