Kirkist

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noun

Someone who supports the Kirk, or Church of Scotland, especially with reference to Oliver Cromwell's Scottish campaign of 1650-1.

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Meanings

nounKirkist (plural Kirkists)

plural Kirkists

  1. archaichistoricalSomeone who supports the Kirk, or Church of Scotland, especially with reference to Oliver Cromwell's Scottish campaign of 1650-1.

    I answered that such freedom would be worse than the vilest slavery, for it would leave me free to do nothing but grappel till death with clusterfist creditors and esurient Kirkists […]

    1983, Alasdair Gray, “Logopandocy”, in Every Short Story 1951-2012, Canongate, published 2012, page 177

Origin

From kirk + -ist.

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APA

Kirkist. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Kirkist

MLA

“Kirkist.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Kirkist. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Kirkist,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Kirkist.

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