chopchurch
chopchurch · chopchurches
An exchanger of beneficesAn exchanger of benefices; one of a class of secular priests who trafficked in ecclesiastical benefices.
Meaning
1 senses(historical)An exchanger of benefices; one of a class of secular priests who trafficked in ecclesiastical benefices.
Origin
From chop + church. See chop (“to barter”).From chop + church. See chop (“to barter”).
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Forms
plural: chopchurches| Singular | chopchurch |
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| Plural | chopchurches |
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