Chircheとは 意味・読み方・使い方

語源

From 古期英語 ċiriċe, from Proto-West Germanic *kirikā, borrowed from Ancient Greek κυριακόν (kuriakón). Doublet of kirke.

発音

• IPA: /ˈt͡ʃirt͡ʃ(ə)/, /ˈt͡ʃɛrt͡ʃ(ə)/, (Southern, Southwest Midland) /ˈt͡ʃurt͡ʃ(ə)/

名詞

chirche (plural chirches or chirchen)

1. A church (Christian house of worship)

   Synonym: kirke (especially Northern)

   • p. 1154, “AD 1137”, in Anglo-Saxon Chronicle (MS. Laud Misc. 636, continuation), Peterborough, folio 89, verso; republished at Oxford: Digital Bodleian, 8 February 2018:

     Foꝛ ouer ſithon ne · foꝛ baren. hi nouther circe ne cyrceiard. oc namen al þe god ð þar inne ƿaſ. ⁊ brenden ſythen þe cyrce ⁊ al te gædere.

     Because after a while, they spared neither churches or churchyards, but stole all the valuables within them before burning the church and everything in it.

   • c. 1390, [William Langland], “Incıpıt paſſus primus de dobeſt”, in Peeres plouheman (P, C-text), Monmouthshire: Thom[as] Dankaſtre, published c. 1400, folio 79, verso; republished as MS. HM 137, San Marino, CA: Huntingdon Digital Library, p. 2011:

     Thus ich awakede and wrot. what ıch hadde dremed / And dyhte me derly. and dude me to churche

     So I awakened, wrote down what I'd dreamed, / dressed myself fancily then took myself to church […]

2. A church service or ceremony.

   Synonym: kirke (especially Northern)

3. A temple or synagogue; a non-Christian house of worship.

   Synonym: kirke (especially Northern)

4. (rare) Clergy; ordained individuals.

   Synonym: kirke (especially Northern)

5. A religious organisation or institution:

   Synonym: kirke (especially Northern)

   1. A congregation; the clergy or worshippers of a church.
   2. Christendom, the universal church; the whole of Christianity.
   3. A regional branch of Christianity.
   4. (specifically) the Roman Catholic Church.
6. (figuratively) A group of like-minded people.

   Synonym: kirke (especially Northern)

派生語

• chirche dore
• chircheyerd
• parische chirche

派生した語

• English: church (see there for further descendants)

  Geordie: chorch

• Yola: chourch

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