chantry
Americannoun
plural
chantries-
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 Literature
The east end is an exhibition hall of shrines and chantries.
From The Guardian
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.
From BBC
He sat in his office, a chantry to many of the things that games mean today.
From The New Yorker
“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 Literature
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