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
Etymology
Origin of chantry
1300–50; Middle English chanterie < Middle French. See chant, -ery
Example Sentences
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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
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.
Their worldly possessions at no one time reached a figure high enough for them to provide a large endowment for church or chantry, but the thankofferings of the years sufficed for all current expenses.
From The Influence and Development of English Gilds As Illustrated by the History of the Craft Gilds of Shrewsbury by Hibbert, Francis Aiden
This beautiful chantry, which is partly underground, has been used since as a sepulchre for the dead, a prison cell for the living,21 a receptacle for human bones, a coal cellar and heating chamber.
From Ecclesiastical Curiosities by Various
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