Old English · noun
cirice
Normalised ċiriċe
- Part of speech
- noun, feminine
- Declension
- weak n-stem
- IPA
- /ˈt͡ʃi.ri.t͡ʃe/
- Syllables
- ˈt͡ʃi · ri · t͡ʃe (3 syllables)
- Modern English
- church
Meaning
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church
Þēos sibb āwunade on Crīstes ċyriċan...ōþ ðā tīde þe sē Arrianisċa gėdweolda ārās.
This peace persisted in Christ's church...until the time that the Arian heresy arose.
late 9th century, translation of Bede's Ecclesiastical History
Declension
All forms (4)
Etymology
From Proto-West Germanic *kirikā, from Ancient Greek κυριακόν (δῶμα) (kuriakón (dôma), “the Lord's (house)”).
Descendants
church
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