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churchsetn.Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: church n.1, scat n.1 Etymology: < church n.1 + scat n.1 The β. forms probably originally showed s as a spelling for /ʃ/, later reinterpreted as representing /s/. In γ. forms showing identification of the second element with seed n. (perhaps compare acherset n.). Compare post-classical Latin circietus (1086), chericsceattum , cherisceattum , chiricsettum , ciricsceattum , curicsceattum , cyricsceattum , cyricsceatum (all 12th cent.), cherchettum , cherisatum , cherisettum , chersettum , chershettum , chirchettum , chirechetum , chirichetum , chirisetum , chirsetum , churchesectum , churichetum , churicshettum , churschettum , chursettum , shirichetum (all 13th cent.), cherechsectum (c1300), cherichettum , chirssheta , churscettum , churshetum (14th cent.), chisettum (15th cent.). Compare church scot n.In forms in k- showing kirk n. historical after Middle English. Now rare. society > faith > worship > benefice > other financial matters > [noun] > church dues α. eOE (Corpus Cambr. 173) iv. 90 Ciricsceattas sin agifene be sancte Martines mæssan; gif hwa ðæt ne gelæste, sie he scyldig lx scillinga & be xiifealdum agife þone ciricsceat. OE Charter: Bp. Wærferð to Cyneswið (Sawyer 1283) (transcript of lost MS) in A. J. Robertson (1956) 30 Heo hit haebben eghwæs to freon butun agefen elce gere ðreo mittan hwætes to ciricsceatte to Clife. OE Wulfstan (Hatton) (1957) 229 Eal..þæt ure yldran hwilum ær Gode behetan; ðæt is sulhælmessan & rompenegas & cyricsceattas & leohtgescota. 1296–7 in L. M. Midgley (1942) I. 84 (MED) De consuetudine que dicitur chyrshet ad festum Pasche. a1300 in W. H. Hart (1867) III. 43 (MED) Et dabunt chirshec [read chirshet], scilicet sex gallinas et duos gallos. 1461–2 (Electronic ed.) Parl. Nov. 1461 §16. m. 10 The seid tenauntes..asked to be discharged..of all manere custumes of certeyn hennes and corne, called by the name of chirchetts. 1710 H. Prideaux iv. 202 To pay..their Cyricsceat and the Plow-Alms. 1739 (ed. 4) i. l. Peter-pence, Ciricksceat (or Church-shot) and Tythes must be duly paid. 1867 C. H. Pearson I. 207 (note) Cyricsceat or churchsed. 1906 H. Lansdell I. 262 And also that Cyricsceat (firstfruits), due out of every freeman's house, must be paid to the mother Church. β. lOE (Harl.) i. x. 292 And cyricseat [OE Nero cyricsceat] to Martines mæssan.1209 in H. Hall (1903) 10 (MED) Reddunt compotum de lx xviij gallinis de cheriset.a1259 M. Paris (Corpus Cambr. 16) (1872) I. 508 (MED) De hortis primitiae seminum, quod Anglice chiricseat dicitur.c1284 in S. R. Scargill-Bird (1887) 60 Dare iij gallinas et j gallum ad cherset.c1350 ( Reginald de Fontibus in N. E. Stacy (2001) 248 In churs [prob. read churset] lx gallinas et semen frumenti ad tres acras.a1475 in A. Clark (1906) ii. 649 (MED) The perpetual vicar..shall haue also the corn that is wonyd to be gyf I-thresshe to the seyd churche of Bloxham..the whyche is callyd cherset. 1628 E. Coke ii. vi. f. 94v In our ancient bookes these gifts of deuotion were called Churchesset, or Churchseed, quasi semen Ecclesiæ.1791 J. Toulmin i. 10 These customs belong to Tantone : Burhgeristh,..hainfare, hundred penny and St. Peter's pence, churchset, [etc.].1849 J. M. Kemble II. App. D. 562 After the conquest, Chirset or Chircettum, as it is called, was very irregularly levied... If the tenant gave work, he usually paid no chircet.1858 W. H. Hale p. cxxiv Sir H. Ellis also brings to notice a payment made to the manor of Glastonbury in 1201 of sixty hens as Churchset.1956 C. R. Cheney vi. 161 There are other payments made by parishioners to their rector or vicar—for example, churchset and mortuaries—which are so rooted in custom as to be compulsory.2007 C. Gerrard & M. Aston 30/2 Shapewick's church..was still paying ‘churchset’ or churchscot in the early 13th century.γ. ?1241 in 9th Rep. Royal Comm. Hist. MSS: Pt. 1 (1883) App. 60/2 in (C. 3773) XXXVII. 1 Cherchesed vel Chercheomer vel Chercheambre. Une certeyne mesure de ble batu ke checun home deveyt al tens de britons e des engles et eglise le jur Seynt Martin.c1290 in W. H. Hale (1858) 154* (MED) Landgavel, cherchesed, wodeselver.a1307 (1647) i. xlvii. 63 Churchesset certam mensuram bladi tritici signat..prout in brevi Regis Knuti..continentur, in quibus illam contributionem Church, sed [i.e. Churchsed] appellant, quasi semen Ecclesiæ.a1400 in H. Hall (1896) iii. 1039 Et dicitur Chircheseed. 1628 E. Coke ii. vi. f. 94v In our ancient bookes these gifts of deuotion were called Churchesset, or Churchseed, quasi semen Ecclesiæ.1685 R. Brady 129 Before his [sc. Cnut's] return from Danemarke,..they should pay all his Debts due according to the old Law, as Church-seed, Tithes, Peter-pence, &c.1720 J. Johnson Addenda sig. Hh2v I find some look upon Church-Scot, or Church-Seed, and Tythes, to have been the same.1888 J. Stevens 110 Churchseed was a sum paid for first-fruits, to be paid at Martlemas.1903 8 157 This contribution is also called ‘church sed’—as one would say ‘church seed’. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2011; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.eOE |