churchwards

C3H4U1R1C3H4W4A1R1D2S1

adverb

Towards a church.

OriginEnglish church ← Middle English chirche ← Old English ċiriċe →
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Meanings

churchwards1

noun
  1. pluralplural of churchward

churchwards2

adverbchurchwards (not comparable)

alternative churchward

  1. not comparableTowards a church.

    Presently we began to pass little knots of people trudging along churchwards.

    1888, John Kirkwood Leys, The Lindsays, volume 1, page 40

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*ḱewh₁-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*ḱuh₁ryós
  3. Proto-Hellenic*kúrios
  4. Ancient Greekκῡ́ριος (kū́rios)
  5. Koine Greekκῡριακός (kūriakós)
  6. Koine Greekκῡρῐᾰκόν (kūrĭăkón)
  7. Proto-West Germanic*kirikā
  8. Old Englishċiriċe
  9. Middle Englishchirche
  10. Englishchurch
  11. Englishchurchwards

From church + -wards.

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APA

churchwards. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/churchwards

MLA

“churchwards.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/churchwards. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “churchwards,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/churchwards.

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