chourch

Yola

Etymology

From Middle English church, from Old English ċiriċe, from Proto-West Germanic *kirikā.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /t͡ʃuːt͡ʃ/

Noun

chourch

1. church
   • 1867, GLOSSARY OF THE DIALECT OF FORTH AND BARGY, page 46:

     Chourch hey.

     Church yard.

Derived terms

• chourch-hey

References

• Jacob Poole (d. 1827) (before 1828) William Barnes, editor, A Glossary, With some Pieces of Verse, of the old Dialect of the English Colony in the Baronies of Forth and Bargy, County of Wexford, Ireland, London: J. Russell Smith, published 1867, page 30