church scot (cherchskot)

[ 1. Formerly, in England, customary obligations paid to the parish priest, exemption from which was sometimes purchased. [Knute] also charges them to see all church scot and Romescot fully cleered. Daniel, Hist. Eng., p. 18. 2. A service due to the lord of the manor from a tenant of church-lands. O. Shipley. church ship (chèrch's hip), n. [ church + -ship .] The state of being or existence as a church. The Jews were his own also by right of church ship . South , Sermon on St. John.