chantry
Americannoun
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an endowment for the singing or saying of Mass for the souls of the founders or of persons named by them.
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a chapel or the like so endowed.
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the priests of a chantry endowment.
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a chapel attached to a church, used for minor services.
noun
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an endowment for the singing of Masses for the soul of the founder or others designated by him
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a chapel or altar so endowed
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( as modifier )
a chantry priest
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Etymology
Origin of chantry
1300–50; Middle English chanterie < Middle French. See chant, -ery
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At the lectern during rehearsals he turned the pages of the missal, a book of music notes large enough for all the Brothers to see as they stood in the chantry.
From "The Door in the Wall" by Marguerite de Angeli
One Friday toward the end of September the monks of the choir stood practicing in the chantry.
From "The Door in the Wall" by Marguerite de Angeli
He was afterwards rector of Abbreochy, Loch Ness, and later held a chantry in the cathedral of Norway.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 5 "Hinduism" to "Home, Earls of" by Various
In the return for the chantry at Norton are given the names of 8 men, among whom the proceeds of the chantry are shared, so as to enable them “to studye at the universite.”
From Education in England in the Middle Ages Thesis Approved for the Degree of Doctor of Science in the University of London by Parry, Albert William
It was a private chantry built and endowed by the Stanley family, of which the Earls of Derby were members.
From Bell's Cathedrals: The Cathedral Church of Manchester A Short History and Description of the Church and of the Collegiate Buildings now known as Chetham's Hospital by Perkins, Thomas, Rev.
“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
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
The provision of exhibitions to assist in supporting poor scholars at schools and universities was also a purpose of some chantries.
From Education in England in the Middle Ages Thesis Approved for the Degree of Doctor of Science in the University of London by Parry, Albert William
Various chapels The church. and chantries were founded here in the Catholic times, and are still partially divided from the body of the church.
From Curiosities of Great Britain: England and Wales Delineated Vol.1-11 Historical, Entertaining & Commercial; Alphabetically Arranged. 11 Volume set. by Dugdale, Thomas Cantrell
A bill, strongly opposed by churchmen, was passed in the House of Lords, giving to the Crown all colleges, free chapels and chantries as well as the property of all guilds and fraternities.
From Breaking with the Past Catholic Principles Abandoned at the Reformation by Farley, John Cardinal
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