Also kil. [a. Ir. and Gael. cill, OIr. cell (a. L. cella CELL), cell, church, burial place (esp. as first element of place-names).] The cell of an old Celtic monk or hermit; an ancient Irish or Scottish church.
1827. G. Higgins, Celtic Druids, 196. Ripon,… where was a kil or cel of the Culdees, in the time of Bede.
1851. H. Newland, The Erne, 191. It once contained a cell, or kill, and is the real Enniskillen.
