chantry
[chan-tree, chahn-]
- an endowment for the singing or saying of Mass for the souls of the founders or of persons named by them.
- a chapel or the like so endowed.
- the priests of a chantry endowment.
- a chapel attached to a church, used for minor services.
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Origin of chantry
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Examples from the Web for chantry
Contemporary Examples
He plays Wallace, a twentysomething medical school dropout who falls for Chantry (Zoe Kazan), a capricious animator/artist.
Historical Examples
He built and endowed a (p. 352) chantry for the maintenance of three chaplains.
Henry of Monmouth, Volume 2J. Endell Tyler
He will probably never know why Chantry, just then, began to be amiable.
Naturally Chantry did not want his friends' boots havocking upon it.
"It's not my damned code any more than yours," broke in Chantry.
Chantry let him do it, though some imperceptible inch of his body winced.
chantry
- an endowment for the singing of Masses for the soul of the founder or others designated by him
- a chapel or altar so endowed
- (as modifier)a chantry priest
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Word Origin
C14: from Old French chanterie, from chanter to sing; see chant
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