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kirke.

church (a house of worship)

5 characters2 syllables approx.Dansk language

Meaning & usage

noun[ˈkʰiɐ̯ɡ̊ə]
  1. church (a house of worship)

    common-gender
  2. church (a religious community)

    common-gender
Where this word comes from

From Old Danish kirk(i)æ, kyrk(i)æ, from Old Norse kirkja, from Old English ċiriċe (“church”), from Byzantine Greek κυριακόν (kuriakón, “church”), a neuter form of κυριακός (kuriakós, “belonging to the lord”), from κύριος (kúrios, “ruler, lord”).

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