‖ chur-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).a1634Chapman Alphonsus Plays 1873 III. 205 Churfurst of Mentz, if thou play thy part.1798Malthus Population (1878) 249 In the churmark of Brandenburgh.