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churchwards en · NOUN · etymology 1

Meanings

1. (form-of, plural) plural of churchward
   form of churchward

churchwards en · ADV · etymology 2

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ḱewh₁-der. Proto-Indo-European *ḱuh₁ryós Proto-Hellenic *kúrios Ancient Greek κῡ́ριος (kū́rios) Proto-Indo-European *-kos Proto-Hellenic *-kos Ancient Greek -κός (-kós) Ancient Greek -ακός (-akós) Koine Greek κῡριακός (kūriakós)nom. Proto-Indo-European *-om Proto-Hellenic *-on Ancient Greek -ον (-on) Koine Greek κῡρῐᾰκόν (kūrĭăkón)bor. Proto-West Germanic *kirikā Old English ċiriċe Middle English chirche English church English -wards English churchwards From church + -wards.

Meanings

1. (not-comparable) Towards a church.
   • Presently we began to pass little knots of people trudging along churchwards. 1888, John Kirkwood Leys, The Lindsays, volume 1, page 40:

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