a town of Bohemia, capital of a cognominal circle, on the right bank of the Chrudimka, an affluent of the Elbe, 58 miles E.S.E. of Prague. The town, which is surrounded by walls, is well built, and has a fine Gothic collegiate church and five others, a Capuchin monastery, high school, and manufactories of calicoes and leather. The horse-markets of Chrudim are much frequented. Pop. 6107.