chopchurch

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noun

An exchanger, barterer or trader of benefices; one of a class of secular priests who trafficked in ecclesiastical benefices.

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Meanings

nounchopchurch (plural chopchurches)

plural chopchurches

  1. EnglandhistoricalAn exchanger, barterer or trader of benefices; one of a class of secular priests who trafficked in ecclesiastical benefices.

Origin

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

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APA

chopchurch. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/chopchurch

MLA

“chopchurch.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/chopchurch. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “chopchurch,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/chopchurch.

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