Obs. [f. CHURCH sb. + CHOPPER2.] A dealer or trafficker in ecclesiastical benefices. Cf. CHOP-CHURCH.
1631. Weever, Anc. Fun. Mon., 69. Stig and the Church-chopper, Archbishop of Canterbury, made but a iest thereof.
1656. Trapp, Comm. 1 Pet. v. 2. Church-choppers and money-changers.
