Standard Lemma guide
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Each Play button uses your device's default local English voice, or a natural local fallback. The selected voice name appears after playback. This is synthesized speech, not a source recording.
No pronunciation record was provided for this word.
name
A number of places in England:
A hamlet in St Breward parish, Cornwall (OS grid ref SX0977).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
name
A number of places in England:
A small settlement in Sebergham parish, Cumberland district, Cumbria (OS grid ref NY3641).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
name
A number of places in England:
A hamlet in Darley Dale parish, Derbyshire Dales district, Derbyshire (OS grid ref SK2663)
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
name
A number of places in England:
A small settlement in Parracombe parish, North Devon district, Devon (OS grid ref SS6744).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
name
A number of places in England:
A hamlet in Bridgerule parish, Torridge district, Devon (OS grid ref SS2803).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
name
A number of places in England:
A village in Kirkland parish, Wyre district, Lancashire (OS grid ref SD4843).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
name
A number of places in England:
A suburb of Southport, Sefton borough, Merseyside (OS grid ref SD3618).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
name
A number of places in England:
A hamlet in Mainstone parish, south-west Shropshire (OS grid ref SO2687).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
name
A number of places in England:
A hamlet in Luxborough parish, Somerset, previously in Somerset West and Taunton district (OS grid ref SS9737).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
name
A small village west of Ramsey, Isle of Man (OS grid ref SC4294).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
name
A village and townland near Buttevant, County Cork, Ireland.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
name
A village south-east of Cloyne, County Cork, also known as Churchtown South.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
name
A southern suburb of Dublin, Ireland.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
name
A few places in the United States:
Synonym of Church, Iowa.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: Church, Iowa
Antonyms: none provided
name
A few places in the United States:
An unincorporated community in Pennsville Township, Salem County, New Jersey.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
name
A few places in the United States:
An unincorporated community in Washington County, Ohio.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
name
A few places in the United States:
A census-designated place in Caernarvon Township, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
In the southwest of England, a hamlet or village distinguished by being the location of a parish church.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: UK
Synonyms: kirktown
Antonyms: none provided
History
From church + town.
From Middle English cherch toune, church toune, from Old English ċiriċtūn, equivalent to church + town. Piecewise doublet of kirktown.
