churchward [church-werd] ExamplesWord Origin adverb
- Also church·wards. toward the church.
adjective
- directed toward the church: a churchward summons.
Origin of churchward First recorded in 1325–75, churchward is from the Middle English word chircheward. See church, -ward Examples from the Web for churchward Historical Examples of churchward
And Churchward trusted him, because he said that he reminded him of his dead brother.
Eden Phillpotts
It is a pity we have no chimes of bells, to give the churchward summons, at home.
Passages From the English Notebooks, Volume 1
Nathaniel Hawthorne
The antiquity of the office of church-warden is shown by the existence of the surname Churchward.
Ernest Weekley
Consul Churchward states with precision that the document was sold by a scribe for thirty-six dollars.
The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson – Swanston Edition Vol. 17 (of 25)
Robert Louis Stevenson
It was “like the old days of his own consulate,” writes Churchward.
The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson – Swanston Edition Vol. 17 (of 25)
Robert Louis Stevenson