chantry
Americannoun
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chantries
plural
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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
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
The names of Earl Brithnoth and of these contemporaries are inscribed on tablets let into the wall of this chantry.
From Highways and Byways in Cambridge and Ely by Edward Conybeare
These were often placed over the vaults or burying-place, and frequently on the north and south walls of choirs, aisles, and chantry chapels.—adj.
From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 1 of 4: A-D) by Various
In 1478 Thomas Whinfell, one of the chantry priests, was bound “to keep yearly a sufficient Grammar School, taking of the scholars of the said school scolagia et custumaria secundum antiquam consuetudinem scoloe prædictæ.”
From Bygone Cumberland and Westmorland by Daniel Scott
“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
The fifteenth century is specially marked by the growing popularity of chantries and side chapels.
From Ecclesiastical Curiosities by Various
Strangely enough, we are dependent for information as to the purposes of chantries, on the instrument which brought about their destruction.
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
In Romanesque churches there are eastern and western choirs, and in former times the term was given to chantries and subsidiary chapels, which were also called chancels.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 3 "Chitral" to "Cincinnati" by Various
Our task is now that of attempting to interpret the reasons why the chantries were founded.
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
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