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chantry
[chan-tree, chahn-]
noun
plural
chantriesan endowment for the singing or saying of Mass for the souls of the founders or of persons named by them.
a chapel or the like so endowed.
the priests of a chantry endowment.
a chapel attached to a church, used for minor services.
chantry
/ ˈʃɑːԳٰɪ /
noun
an endowment for the singing of Masses for the soul of the founder or others designated by him
a chapel or altar so endowed
( as modifier )
a chantry priest
Word History and Origins
Word History and Origins
Origin of chantry1
Example Sentences
One Friday toward the end of September the monks of the choir stood practicing in the chantry.
The east end is an exhibition hall of shrines and chantries.
The reference appears in the inquest into the inheritance after the death of Sir Andrew Gray, a chantry chaplain in Aberdeen's parish church of St Nicholas.
He sat in his office, a chantry to many of the things that games mean today.
“Gareth’s blood,” said Mordred, “is not to be paid for by chantries, we think—however much it might pleasure the Bishop of Rochester.”
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