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Webster 1913 Edition


Chopchurch

Chop′churchˊ

,
Noun.
[See
Chop
to barter.]
(Old Eng. Law)
An exchanger or an exchange of benefices.
[Cant]

Definition 2024


chopchurch

chopchurch

English

Noun

chopchurch (plural chopchurches)

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