"chopchurch" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: chopchurches [plural]
Etymology: From chop + church. See chop (“to barter”). Etymology templates: {{compound|en|chop|church}} chop + church Head templates: {{en-noun}} chopchurch (plural chopchurches)
  1. (historical) An exchanger of benefices; one of a class of secular priests who trafficked in ecclesiastical benefices. Tags: historical
    Sense id: en-chopchurch-en-noun-0TVhHOKo Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry

Inflected forms

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    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From chop + church. See chop (“to barter”).",
  "forms": [
    {
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      "tags": [
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      ]
    }
  ],
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      ],
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        "An exchanger of benefices; one of a class of secular priests who trafficked in ecclesiastical benefices."
      ],
      "id": "en-chopchurch-en-noun-0TVhHOKo",
      "links": [
        [
          "exchanger",
          "exchanger"
        ],
        [
          "benefice",
          "benefice"
        ],
        [
          "secular",
          "secular"
        ],
        [
          "priest",
          "priest"
        ],
        [
          "traffic",
          "traffic"
        ],
        [
          "ecclesiastical",
          "ecclesiastical"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(historical) An exchanger of benefices; one of a class of secular priests who trafficked in ecclesiastical benefices."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "historical"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "chopchurch"
}

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  ],
  "etymology_text": "From chop + church. See chop (“to barter”).",
  "forms": [
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        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
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        "English nouns",
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      ],
      "glosses": [
        "An exchanger of benefices; one of a class of secular priests who trafficked in ecclesiastical benefices."
      ],
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        [
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        ],
        [
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      ],
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        "historical"
      ]
    }
  ],
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}

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