churchwards

English

Etymology 1

Noun

churchwards

  1. plural of churchward

Etymology 2

From church +‎ -wards.

Alternative forms

Adverb

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.