ˈchurchward, a. and adv., -wards, adv.
[see -ward.]
Towards the church. (Originally to church-ward.)
| 1362 Langl. P. Pl. A. v. 146 And carieþ him to chirche⁓ward his schrift forto telle. 1393 ― C. vii. 351 And kayres hym to-kirke-ward. 1483 Caxton Gold. Leg. 108/1 Comyng doun in to the chyrche ward. 1842 Laing Notes Trav. 324 All walking silently churchwards. 1870 Hawthorne Eng. Note Bks. (1879) I. 74 It is a pity we have no chime of bells, to give the churchward summons at home. Mod. The churchward view. Flocking churchward. |