chantry
noun
an endowment for the singing or saying of Mass for the souls of the founders or of persons named by them.
chantries
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pluralof chantry.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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“Gareth’s blood,” said Mordred, “is not to be paid for by chantries, we think—however much it might pleasure the Bishop of Rochester.”
From "The Once and Future King" by T. H. White
At the dissolution of monasteries, the Company paid £1,402 6s. for their chantries and obits.
From Old and New London Volume I by Walter Thornbury
An act of 1545 dissolved chantries, colleges and other religious foundations; and in the autumn of 1546 the Spanish ambassador was anticipating further anti-ecclesiastical measures.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 3 "Helmont, Jean" to "Hernosand" by Various
After the reigns of Henry VIII. and Edward VI., in which reigns all chantries were suppressed, the children were promoted from the porch to the parvise.
From Stones of the Temple Lessons from the Fabric and Furniture of the Church by Walter Field
These endowments were usually associated with the foundation of gilds or chantries.
From Education in England in the Middle Ages Thesis Approved for the Degree of Doctor of Science in the University of London by Albert William Parry
