kirktown
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kirktown
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From Middle English Kirketun, kyrktone, kyrktoune, from Old English Kyrchetūn, equivalent to kirk + town. Piecewise doublet of churchtown.
noun kirktowns · kirkton · kirk-town
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A small town or village in the vicinity of a parish church.
Similar: churchtown
- A glebe.
Talk about this word "kirktown." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/kirktown. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. kirktown. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/kirktown "kirktown." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/kirktown.Cite this
@misc{kirktown_2026,
title = {kirktown},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
url = {https://micwyn.com/word/kirktown},
urldate = {2026-11-06}
}
