Definition of "kirk"
kirk
/kɜːk/
noun
plural kirks
(Northern England and Scotland) A church.
Quotations
But long, long ago an enthusiastic reporter called it a "fairy palace," and the office building on the west side was once a church. Hence, in North British phraseology, to "gang tae the Kirk" meant to be had up on the carpet.
1941 January, C. Hamilton Ellis, “The Scottish Station”, in Railway Magazine, page 3