an obs. repr. of German kur- in such titles as churfurst = kurfürst, electoral prince, elector, churmark = kurmark, mark governed by an elector (in place of a markgraf).
a. 1634. Chapman, Alphonsus, Plays, 1873, III. 205. Churfurst of Mentz, if now thou play thy part.
1798. Malthus, Population (1878), 249. In the churmark of Brandenburgh.
