altarward adjective 1adverb 1 adjective1 •(rare) Being in or facing towards an altar.Side galleries are then practically useless. Aesthetically they altogether contradict the altarward tendency of the church. — 1874 adverb1 •In the direction of an altar, toward an altar.And still the white-veiled women continue to kneel in the aisle, their faces turned altarward, and the motley-hued garments of the men are pressed close together in the body of the church. — 1896
