churchscot

The story

1. Old English · inherited fromċiriċsċeatt“tax or rent paid to the church, church-money, churchscot”
2. Middle English · inherited fromchirshet
3. English todaychurchscot

From church + scot, and probably also absorbing earlier Middle English chirshet, cherset, chershet ("customary rent paid for the support of the church"; > modern English churchset), from Old English ċiriċsċeatt (“tax or rent paid to the church, church-money, churchscot”), thus also equivalent to church + scat.

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