chantry
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.
Origin of chantry
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How to use chantry in a sentence
He plays Wallace, a twentysomething medical school dropout who falls for chantry (Zoe Kazan), a capricious animator/artist.
Daniel Radcliffe on Sex, ‘Harry Potter,’ and Complicated Relationships | Marlow Stern | July 23, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTA chantry of the Confraternity of St. George, built on the north side of the new church, took the place of a north aisle.
Bell's Cathedrals: A Short Account of Romsey Abbey | Thomas PerkinsQuite recently a new high-pitched roof has been placed over this chantry.
Bell's Cathedrals: A Short Account of Romsey Abbey | Thomas PerkinsNicholson thinks it probable this was the chantry of St. Roch; its revenues were valued at £2, 14s.
Bell's Cathedrals: The Cathedral Church of Carlisle | C. King EleyHe founded and endowed a chantry in the cathedral, and made various bequests to his old colleges at Oxford, dying in London 1422.
Bell's Cathedrals: The Cathedral Church of Carlisle | C. King Eley
I stripped off Doctor chantry's unendurable bandages, and put on my clothes, for there were brambles along the path.
Lazarre | Mary Hartwell Catherwood
British Dictionary definitions for chantry
/ (ˈtʃɑːntrɪ) /
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
Origin of chantry
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