单词 | church-chopper |
释义 | † church-choppern. Obsolete. A dealer in ecclesiastical benefices; a simonist. Cf. chop-church n.In some quots. chopper perhaps has the primary meaning changer, as a person who changes his benefice to suit himself; see chop v.2 II. ΘΚΠ society > faith > worship > benefice > simony > [noun] > one characterized by simoniac1340 chop-church1391 simonient1395 Simonianc1400 simonialc1405 simoniera1425 gyesite1426 barrator1427 simoner1438 simoniacle1502 simonite1508 Balaamite1559 simonist1567 chopper1581 benefice-monger1583 church-chopper1631 chop-living1634 1631 J. Weever Anc. Funerall Monuments 69 Stigand the Church-chopper, Archbishop of Canterbury. 1656 J. Trapp Comm. 1 Pet. v. 2 Church-choppers and money-changers. 1803 C. M. Gattel New Pocket Dict. Eng. & Spanish Langs. 58/2 Church-chopper, rebelde.] This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2011; most recently modified version published online September 2018). < n.1631 |
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