churchward
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churchward¹
Where it comes from
A contraction of churchwarden, in turn from Old English cyrce + weard a "churchwarden" or "sacristan".
noun churchwards
- Obsolete form of churchwarden
churchward²
Where it comes from
From Middle English cherche ward, chercheward, chircheward, churchewarde, chyrche-ward, chyrcheward, kirkeward, kurk-ward, kurkward, kyrkward; equivalent to church + -ward.
adverb churchwards
- Towards a church.
Churchward³
Where it comes from
An occupational family name, a contraction of churchwarden, in turn from Old English cyrce weard a "churchwarden" or "sacristan".
proper noun
- A surname originating as an occupation. In the present writer's opinion there was no greater and more successful locomotive engineer in the country, during the first quarter-century, than George Jackson Churchward of the Great Western Railway. This statement is made without prejudice, for I was brought up on the other line extending from
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title = {churchward},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
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urldate = {2026-11-06}
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