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chopchurch

chopchurch noun: an exchanger of benefices; one of a class of secular priests who trafficked in ecclesiastical benefices.

Noun

chopchurch (plural chopchurches)

  1. (historical) An exchanger of benefices; one of a class of secular priests who trafficked in ecclesiastical benefices.

Forms of chopchurch

pluralchopchurches

Origin of chopchurch

From chop + church. See chop (“to barter”).

Questions about chopchurch

What does chopchurch mean?
Chopchurch means an exchanger of benefices; one of a class of secular priests who trafficked in ecclesiastical benefices.
What part of speech is chopchurch?
Chopchurch is a noun.
What is the plural of chopchurch?
The plural of chopchurch is chopchurches.

Words near chopchurch in the dictionary

  1. chop-shops
  2. Chopawamsic
  3. chopboat
  4. chopboats
  5. chopcherry
  6. chopchurch
  7. chopchurches
  8. chopdar
  9. chopdars
  10. chope
  11. choped

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