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kirke

noun feminine or masculinesubstantiv hunkjønn eller hankjønn

a church

EtymologyOpphav

norrønt kirkja, gjennom gammelengelsk cirice, cyrice; fra gresk, av kyri(a)kon ‘som hører til Herren’, av kyrios ‘herre, gud’ Old Norse kirkja, through Old English cirice, cyrice; from Greek, from kyri(a)kon 'belonging to the Lord', from kyrios 'lord, god'

Senses and Example SentencesBetydning og bruk

  1. bygning til kristen gudstjeneste;
    gudshusa house of worship, a place of worship     building for Christian worship;
    a house of worshipgudshus
    • kirken var fullsatt the church was packed
    • kirken lå midt i bygda the church stood in the middle of the village
    as a suffix in words such as:som etterledd i ord som arbeidskirkea multi-purpose church, a community church, domkirkea cathedral, stavkirkea stave church
  2. kristent trossamfunn Christian denomination
    • prestene i Den norske kirke the clergy of the Church of Norway
    • den lutherske kirke the Lutheran Church
    as a suffix in words such as:som etterledd i ord som folkekirkea national church, a popular church, frikirkea free church

Set phrasesFaste uttrykk

den katolske kirken verdensomspennende kirkesamfunn som har paven (1)the Pope som overhode worldwide denomination that has the Popepaven (1) as its head Eng. phrasethe Catholic Church
den kristne kirke alle kristne kirkesamfunn all Christian denominations Eng. phrasethe Christian Church