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going to church, attendance at church
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  • Þæt crístene men þæne egesan ǽfre ne dreógan þæt hý deófolgyld weorðian, for ðám ne fremeð ǽnig cyricsócn ǽfre ǽnigum þéra þe þæt óðer drýhð,

      Wlfst. 281, 5.

  • Þeówetlingas weorces beón gefreóde wið cyricsócne,

      171, 20.

  • Lufian cyricsócne,

      112, 17.

  • Þisne dæg wurþian mid ciricsócnum,

      H. R. 17, 26.

  • Mid cyricsócnum cealdum wederum,

      Dóm. L. 30, 4.
seeking a church for protection, a church as sanctuary. v. sócn,
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  • Be ciricsócnum. Gif hwá sié deáðes scyldig, and hé cirican geierne,

      Ll. Th. i. 104, 12.
the territory of a church
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  • Ic wille ðat se byrig æt Winintúne and feówer hídan landes ðǽrtó mid ðáre cyrice and mid ðáre cyricsócne . . . and mid ðám lande æt ðǽre leá liggen intó Westmynstre,

      C. D. iv. 220, 19.
Etymology
[v. N. E. D. church-soken. Icel. kirkjú-sókn church-attendance; a parish (modern).]
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Bosworth, Joseph. “ciric-sócn.” In An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary Online, edited by Thomas Northcote Toller, Christ Sean, and Ondřej Tichy. Prague: Faculty of Arts, Charles University, 2014. https://bosworthtoller.com/41732.

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