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Etymology 1

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Noun

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churchwards

  1. plural of churchward

Etymology 2

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From church +‎ -wards.

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Adverb

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churchwards (not comparable)

  1. Towards a church.
    • 1888, John Kirkwood Leys, The Lindsays, volume 1, page 40:
      Presently we began to pass little knots of people trudging along churchwards.