page_title: Kirk
section_title: Kirk Session
hierarchical_section_title: Kirk / Kirk Session
caption_attribution_description: English: The Ordination of Elders in a Scottish Kirk.
context_page_description: Kirk is a Scottish word meaning "church", or more specifically the Church of Scotland. Many place names and personal names are also derived from it.
context_section_description: The first court of Presbyterian polity where the Elders of a particular congregation gather as a Session or meeting to govern the spiritual and temporal affairs of the church.
caption: The Ordination of Elders in a Scottish Kirk, by John Henry Lorimer, 1891. National Gallery of Scotland
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