Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Churchward; toward the church.
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Examples
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'Well, the lady in Madge Wildfire's song was gratified at the "six brave gentlemen" who "kirkward should carry her."
Hopes and Fears or, scenes from the life of a spinster Charlotte Mary Yonge 1862
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“Noo, in the north, they ca 'a gathering of the folk, and follow the pipes as graciously as ye wad journey kirkward o' a Sabbeth morn.
The Pilot 1823
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"Noo, in the north, they ca 'a gathering of the folk, and follow the pipes as graciously as ye wad journey kirkward o' a Sabbath morn.
The Pilot James Fenimore Cooper 1820
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